Kriti Sanon- Mimi redefined her career
Kriti Sanon in a recent interview opened up about the feeling of her winning National Award for Mimi and how it changed her career. She described the award as one of the highest points in her career. She admitted the win that gave her strong validation after spending years in industry as well as emphasized that the award is a proof that her belief and effort had paid off with this recognition.
This reflected that she perceives the award as a major milestone of her acting career that shifted the public and industry perceptions of her talent. The film offered Kriti with her first performance-led role and placed her as the center of the story unlike her other commercial projects. She portrayed the role of surrogate mother which demanded emotional depth and transformation. However, she was appreciated for her mature and layered performance. Additionally, the film’s success proved her ability to carry strong content-driven stories as a lead actress.
The role significantly set her as a serious performer beyond commercial and mainstream cinema. Moving further, Kriti linked this award to her long journey in Bollywood as a outsider. She continued and acknowledged the difficulties and rejections she faced during the initial years of her career. She emphasized on her journey to build identity through hard work without any connections. This National Award has became a symbol of her recognition entirely based on performance.