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Yami Gautam wins National Award, urges aspiring actors to keep faith
Yami Gautam wins National Award, urges aspiring actors to keep faith
Yami Gautam has won the Best Actress award at the 72nd National Film Awards for her role as intelligence officer Zooni Haksar in the 2024 political thriller Article 370. The film also…
Yami Gautam has won the Best Actress award at the 72nd National Film Awards for her role as intelligence officer Zooni Haksar in the 2024 political thriller Article 370. The film also won Best Feature Film and Best Music Direction. President Droupadi Murmu presented the award at a ceremony in Ekta Nagar, Kevadia, Gujarat, with Gautam's husband and film producer Aditya Dhar in attendance.
Speaking after the ceremony, Gautam said she was still processing the honour and felt like a newcomer. She urged aspiring actors from outside the film industry to keep working hard. 'You don't know what life has for you. Keep doing good work, and one day this will happen,' she said, as reported by Hindustan Times. In a social media post, Gautam thanked the team behind Article 370 and her family, including her son Vedavid.
Indian Opinion Analysis
All four sources report the award and Gautam's remarks without critical or political slant. Cinema Express and Hindustan Times focus on her message to outsiders in Bollywood, while NDTV gives more space to her personal gratitude to husband Aditya Dhar and the film's crew. None of the outlets discuss the political subject of Article 370 or connect the award to the government's 2019 abrogation of the article, keeping coverage squarely on the actor's achievement and her emotional response. The uniform framing suggests a consensus to treat the story as pure entertainment news.
The 72nd National Film Awards covered films certified in 2024, with Article 370 winning multiple top honours.
Coverage: 4 sources, 4 neutral
Sources (4): cinemaexpress.com (neutral report), hindustantimes.com (neutral report), ndtv.com (neutral report), ndtv.com (2) (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 4 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry.
Updated: this story now draws on 4 sources.
