Lara Dutta bags the best actress in supporting role award for Bellbottom

Team Bellbottom cheers Lara for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Lara Dutta receives Best Actress in Supporting Role for playing late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in Pooja Entertainments’s “Bellbottom” at a prestigious ceremony of Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2022 held last night, Sunday, February 20. It was a star-studded evening graced by several personalities from the Indian Film Fraternity.

Actor Akshay Kumar, Producer Jackky Bhagnani, and Deepshikha Deshmukh took social media to congratulate the actress for the achievement.

Here’s what the Bellbottom team said on the social platforms;

Deepshikha Deshmukh: https://twitter.com/honeybhagnani/status/1495439253329018880?s=20&t=2BaIWtL5Vzvob9048pTumg

Jackky Bhagnani https://twitter.com/jackkybhagnani/status/1495624226443005953?s=20&t=ij71u98WHv3j58xDaSFrmw

Akshay Kumar https://twitter.com/akshaykumar/status/1495434611081433090?s=20&t=ij71u98WHv3j58xDaSFrmw

Lara Dutta thanked the makers of Bellbottom,director Ranjit Tewari for giving her the role of Late PM Indira Gandhi. She says, “Always grateful for the opportunities the film industry gives me! Thrilled to win the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film award for Bellbottom. A big thank you to Akshay Kumar, Pooja Entertainment, Producer Vashu Bhagnani, Jackky Bhagnani, Deepshikha Deshmukh, Director Ranjit M Tewari, for the opportunity to play Mrs. Gandhi on screen! And this wouldn’t be possible without Vikram Gaikwad and his amazing team of makeup and prosthetics artists. And for my fam- my greatest strength!”

Thank you @Dpiff_official for this honour! 🙏 Grateful to @akshaykumar @poojafilms #vashuji @honeybhagnani @jackkybhagnani and @ranjit_tiwari for giving me the opportunity of portraying Mrs. Gandhi on screen. And a big thanks to #vikramgaikwad and his amazing team! #BellBottom https://t.co/p6gXaTAmEC

— Lara Dutta Bhupathi (@LaraDutta) February 20, 2022