'Memories in October'! MAMI fest honors veteran actress Deepti Naval with Excellence in Cinema Award

Mumbai, October 18: When you feel like saying a lot of things that time too do not feel like saying anything! Having less to express her joy in words, veteran actor Deepti Naval was overwhelmed when she was honoured with the Excellence in Cinema Award at the opening ceremony of the 21st Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival with Star on Thursday night.

 

"I am quite nervous, I am overwhelmed with this award. I am grateful to Jio MAMI Mumbai festival for giving me this honour", said Naval, who got a standing ovation from the audience, after receiving the award by filmmaker Vishal Bharadwaj and actor Deepika Padukone.

 

 

Actress Deepti made her acting debut with 'Junoon' in 1978, further spanning her career over 40 years. Having acted in more than 60 films, she made an iconic mark in some of the films that include 'Kamla', 'Chashme Baddoor', 'Mirch Masala', 'Rang Birangi', 'Firaaq', 'Leela' and 'Memories in March'. She was last seen in Zoya Akhtar's web-series "Made In Heaven". 

 

The 20th Jio Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) Mumbai Film Festival began Thursday night and was attended by Bollywood celebrities like Deepika, Bhardwaj, Karan Johar, Taapsee Pannu, Kiran Rao, Nandita Das, Sudhir Mishra, Tannishtha Chatterjee and others.

 

The eight-day festival boasts of over 190 films, including over 50 debuts, 13 world premieres, spanning 53 countries and 49 diverse languages. The festival is slated to screen some of the best international films like James Gray's space drama 'Ad Astra', Alma Har'el's 'Honey Boy', 'The Souvenir' by British filmmaker Joanna Hogg, British filmmaker Ken Loach's 'Sorry We Missed You', 'The Irishman', 'Marriage Story', 'The Two Popes', 'Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator' and others.