Pankaj Tripathi shared this picture. (Courtesy: PankajTripathi)

New Delhi:

The 69th National Film Awards was additional particular for Laxman Utekar’s Mimi. While Kriti Sanon gained within the Best Actress class together with Alia Bhatt, Pankaj Tripathi gained the Best Supporting Actor Award for his efficiency within the 2021 movie. Pankaj Tripathi, who acquired his first National Award for 2017’s Newton, on Saturday shared a couple of photos from the distinguished occasion. The first click on exhibits the actor receiving his award from President Droupadi Murmu. We additionally noticed his spouse Mridula Tripathi and daughter Aashi Tripathi sitting subsequent to the actor. The set of images concluded with an ideal household selfie. For the caption, Pankaj Tripathi borrowed traces from poet Ramdarash Mishra and wrote in Hindi, “‘Banaya hai maine yeh ghar dheere dheere. Khule mere khwabon ke par dheere dheere. Kisi ko giraya na khud ko uchhaala, kata zindagi ka safar dheere dheere. Jahaan aap pahunche chalaange lagakar, wahan main bhi aya magar dheere dheere.’ Gratitude to all of you.”

On his large win, Pankaj Tripathi told news agency PTI, “I am happy and humbled. I feel anything is possible if you persevere and do your work with honesty. I completed 20 years in Mumbai yesterday. This is my second honour at the National Awards. I’m grateful to all the viewers, all my directors, Laxman Utekar (director of ‘Mimi‘), and the jury for choosing me.”

The actor additionally expressed his gratitude in the direction of his followers and stated, “To the audience members who have given me so much love. At the awards ceremony, people came up to me and said my win feels like a personal achievement to them. It feels great since I have also come from the masses.” Earlier, the actor devoted this award to his late father, who handed away in August.

When the National Awards had been introduced, Kriti Sanon congratulated her Mimi co-star Pankaj Tripathi with a particular submit on her Instagram tales. Kriti dropped a BTS image from the units of Mimi. In the clicking, the 2 actors had been seen flashing their million-dollar smile. Kriti wrote, “Congratulations to my favourite Pankaj Tripathi Sir! Your father would be so proud.”

Apart from Kriti Sanon and Pankaj Tripathi, Mimi additionally options Supriya Pathak and Jaya Bhattacharya in distinguished roles.