Amidst all negative criticism for Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif for winning the Smita Patil Memorial Award, actors Swara Bhaskar and Juhi Chawla have extended support and claimed that the Baar Baar Dekho star deserves the award.
Actor Swara Bhaskar lauded Katrina for winning the award. Hitting back at the critics, the Nil Battey Sannata actress wrote in a blog for Huffingtonpost India: “Whether or not Katrina Kaif is a good actor notwithstanding, there is no denying that she is a hugely hard-working, disciplined and diligent person. It reflects in her work.”
“Any artist of any field will tell you that hard work is something to be respected,” she added.
{{/usCountry}}“Any artist of any field will tell you that hard work is something to be respected,” she added.
{{/usCountry}}While Katrina received the ‘Smita Patil Memorial Award’ for her outstanding contribution in Bollywood, Juhi was the recipient of the ‘Priyadarshni Academy’s 32nd Anniversary Global Awards’. “I think our memory is very short. Just a few years ago, I remember Katrina Kaif was in a row. She had about 10 super-duper hit films to her credit. I think she deserves an award. She is very beautiful and a committed actress,” the 48-year-old actress said.
Juhi and Katrina graced the Priyadarshni Academy’s 32nd Anniversary Global Awards function in Mumbai on Monday.
Katrina, 33, who has worked in films like New York, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, Raajneeti, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Dhoom 3, ensured that she will keep her sincerity towards her work intact. “I believe the most important thing in art is truth. And I promise my attempt to be truthful and sincere to the craft which has largely given me the purpose of my life over the last 15 years,” she said at the award function.
“The one thing I do hope is that I continue to entertain the audience who have given me so much love and support. I hope I can make them proud of me,” she added.
On the work front, the Namastey London actress is shooting Anurag Basu’s comedy-mystery film Jagga Jasoos with Ranbir Kapoor. Katrina has also confirmed to reprise the role of Zoya in Ali Abbas Zafar’s Tiger Zinda Hai, the sequel of the 2012 hit Ek Tha Tiger opposite Salman Khan.
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