Kannada
theatre
artiste
Arundhati
Nag,
wife
of
late
actor
Shankar
Nag,
has
got
the
Best
Supporting
Actress
award
at
the
Nokia
16th
annual
Star
Screen
Awards
2010
for
her
performance
in
Bollywood
movie
Paa,
which
features
Amitabh
Bachchan,
Abhishekh
Bachchan
and
Vidya
Balan
in
leads.
Arundhati
Nag
(Paa),
Divya
Dutt
(Delhi
6),
Gauhar
Khan
(Rocket
Singh),
Neha
Dhupia
(Raat
Gayi
Baat
Gayi)
and
Shahana
Goswami
(Firaaq)
were
nominated
for
the
category
of
Best
Supporting
Actress.
Finally,
Arundhati
got
selected
for
the
honour
for
her
excellent
performance
as
Bum
in
Paa.
After
receiving
the
award,
Arundathi
said,
"This
is
my
first
film
award
function
because
I'm
basically
from
theatre
industry.
I
thank
Mr.
Balki,
Amitabhji
and
all
the
team
members
of
Paa
for
getting
me
this
honour.
The
senior
Kannada
theatre
artiste
has
already
got
rave
reviews
from
critics
for
her
performance
in
the
movie
Paa.
Now
the
recognition
as
the
Best
Supporting
Actress
is
a
great
honour
to
Arundhati
Nag.
However,
she
has
played
Vidya
Balan"s
mother
and
grandmom
of
Auro"s
(Amitabh
Bachchan)
in
the
film.
Her
confident
act
as
granny
Bum
is
very
heart-touching
and
the
scenes
between
the
'nani-pota'
are
very
real.
Hats
off
to
Arundhati
madam
for
making
Kannadigas
proud!