Ayushmann Khurrana Opens Up About Winning His First National Film Award!
Ayushmann Khurrana is happy that his aspiration to work with credible directors on stories that don't have a reference point in Hindi cinema helped him win his first National Film Award for best actor
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Pti
Ayushmann
Khurrana
is
happy
that
his
aspiration
to
work
with
credible
directors
on
stories
that
don't
have
a
reference
point
in
Hindi
cinema
helped
him
win
his
first
National
Film
Award
for
Best
Actor.
Sriram
Raghvan's
Andhadhun
and
Amit
Sharma-directed
Badhaai
Ho,
featuring
Ayushmann
in
the
lead,
were
two
of
the
biggest
hits
of
2018,
making
the
actor
one
of
the
most
bankable
and
consistent
performers
from
the
current
lot
of
Bollywood.
Badhaai
Ho
won
the
Best
Popular
Film
Providing
Wholesome
Entertainment
award
alongside
Ayushmann's
Best
Actor
honour
for
Andhadhun.
He
shared
the
Best
Actor
award
with
Vicky
Kaushal,
who
was
recognised
for
his
role
in
Uri:
The
Surgical
Strike.
"Aspiration
to
do
something
normal
and
different
helped
in
my
success.
I
always
wanted
to
do
something
which
didn't
have
a
reference
point
in
cinema.
When
people
see
the
trailer,
they
should
feel
like
'this
is
something
I
haven't
seen
before'.
And
I
always
wanted
to
work
with
credible
directors.
It
didn't
matter
if
they
were
established," Ayushmann
told
PTI
in
an
interview.
The
34-year-old
actor
was
shooting
for
an
ad
film
when
he
got
to
know
about
his
National
Award
win.
He
said
he
didn't
get
the
time
to
express
his
feelings
initially
and
is
still
trying
to
process
it.
"This
award
is
something
which
is
announced
publicly.
It
is
not
like
any
other
awards
where
you
are
sitting
in
the
audience
and
get
to
know
about
it.
You
are
prepared.
But
for
this
win,
I
was
not
prepared
at
all."
"At
the
same
time,
I
didn't
get
the
'me
time'
to
celebrate
my
win.
I
was
surrounded
by
50
people
so
I
could
not
express
myself
and
have
my
own
moment.
Now
I
am
trying
to
digest
it.
My
father
called
me...
he
was
almost
choking.
We
had
a
family
dinner.
It
was
all
very
beautiful," he
added.
Ayushamnn
said
moving
ahead,
he
wants
to
stick
to
his
guts
and
intuition
when
it
comes
to
choosing
films.
The
actor,
who
has
four
unique
projects--
Dream
Girl,
Bala,
Gulabo
Sitabo
and
Shubh
Mangal
Zyada
Saavdhan
-
lined
up
is
happy
to
be
finally
getting
an
opportunity
to
work
with
some
of
the
biggest
names
in
the
film
industry.
"I
mostly
worked
with
first-timers.
Like
Shoojit
Sircar
was
not
that
big
when
we
did
Vicky
Donor'
or
Sharat
Kataria
was
not
a
huge
name
when
Dum
Laga
Ke
Haisha'
happened.
But
now
I
am
getting
to
work
with
big
names
like
Sriram
Raghvan,
Anubhav
Sinha,
Amar
Kaushik.
Now
I
am
working
with
A-list
directors.
And
I
have
earned
this.
I
am
glad
to
be
in
this
space,
he
said.