Up to date on: Aug 04, 2025 11:25 am IST
Urvashi acquired a Finest Supporting Actress award for her 2024 movie Ullozhukku when she was in rivalry for Finest Actress. This is what she stated.
Actor Urvashi gained the Finest Supporting Actress award on the lately introduced 71st Nationwide Movie Awards. The 56-year-old gained it for her efficiency as Leelamma in Christo Tomy’s 2024 movie Ullozhukku, which additionally stars Parvathy Thiruvothu. Speaking to Manorama Information, whereas Urvashi expressed gratitude for the award, she additionally questioned if she wanted to be youthful to win Finest Actress.
Urvashi slams Nationwide Award jury
Urvashi questioned the logic behind categorising her function as ‘supporting’ when each she and Parvathy have been contending within the Finest Actress class. She questioned, “Is there any normal scale for appearing? Or is it that after a sure age, that is all you’ll get?” Urvashi didn’t mince phrases as she added that these awards ought to make the recipient proud as an alternative of being handed over with no clarification. “This isn’t pension cash to be silently accepted. How are these selections made? What standards is adopted?” she questioned.
Urvashi’s earlier Nationwide Award
By the way, Urvashi confronted one thing comparable when she gained the Finest Supporting Actress award for the 2006 movie Achuvinte Amma, through which she performed the lead. She talked about that even again then, there have been ‘politics’ and she or he has solely strived to make significant cinema over lobbying. She additionally known as on Union Minister Suresh Gopi to analyze the method and advocate for Malayalam cinema’s rightful place.
71st Nationwide Movie Awards
The 71st Nationwide Movie Awards have been introduced on Friday night time. Shah Rukh Khan and Vikrant Massey shared the Finest Actor Award, whereas Rani Mukerji gained Finest Actress. twelfth Fail gained Finest Movie. The Malayalam movie trade has been vocal about good movies and performances from their trade being snubbed this yr, like Prithviraj Sukumaran from Aadujeevitham—The Goat Life.
From Mollywood, Ullozhukku gained Finest Malayalam Movie, 2018 gained Finest Manufacturing Design, and Pookkaalam gained Finest Enhancing. Vijayaraghavan gained the Finest Supporting Actor award for his efficiency within the movie. Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan additionally criticised The Kerala Story receiving a Nationwide Award.
