Actor Rani Mukerji was honoured with the Raj Kapoor Particular Contribution Award on the 62nd Maharashtra State Movie Awards ceremony in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Devendra Fadnavis offered the award to Rani
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis offered the award to Rani at Ravindra Natya Mandir in Prabhadevi. Cultural Affairs Minister Ashish Shelar and a number of other different dignitaries and members of the movie fraternity had been additionally current on the ceremony.
About Rani Mukerji
Rani, who was born and introduced up in Mumbai, mentioned the award holds a particular place in her coronary heart because it got here from the state the place she has spent practically three a long time working in cinema.
The actor additionally spoke about receiving an award named after Raj Kapoor and mentioned the popularity from her personal folks made the second extra particular. “I believe that’s what makes this second really particular for me since I’m receiving this recognition from my very personal folks and from the place I belong to. To obtain an award named after the legend of Indian cinema Raj Kapoor ji is, in itself, vastly humbling. And I actually hope I can dwell as much as this honour,” she mentioned, as per a launch.
‘Mumbai has given me my id’
Rani additionally spoke about Mumbai and what town has given her over time. “Mumbai has given me my id. It has given me an viewers. It has given me a profession. And it has been my house, my protected place, my every part. So this award will maintain a really particular place in my coronary heart as a result of every time I take a look at it, I cannot simply see an award. I’ll see my Mumbai, my Maharashtra,” she mentioned.
The actor has performed a number of robust feminine characters in movies together with Black, No One Killed Jessica, Hichki, the Mardaani franchise and Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway. Speaking in regards to the sort of tales and characters she has chosen over time, Rani mentioned, “I’ve at all times silently labored to symbolize the highly effective women and girls of India by cinema that has its coronary heart in the suitable place.”
She added, “I selected characters that felt truthful, that I felt instinctively drawn in the direction of for his or her story, their journey and their resilience. Characters who had braveness. Characters who had flaws. Characters who refused to vanish into the background. Girls who had been by no means ready for another person to rescue them.”
‘Cinema is a deep emotion’
For Rani, the reference to cinema goes past her work as an actor. Speaking about her relationship with the trade in Maharashtra, she mentioned, “I’ve by no means thought of cinema merely a occupation. For me, cinema is a deep emotion. And Maharashtra is the house of that emotion.”
She additionally spoke in regards to the many individuals working behind the scenes within the state’s movie trade. “There are hundreds and hundreds of individuals right here who get up each morning with one dream: to inform a narrative. And people tales don’t stay right here. They journey from Mumbai to Maharashtra, from Maharashtra to India and from India to your entire world. That’s the magic and energy of the movie trade that thrives on this state,” as per the discharge.
Rani devoted the award to Maharashtra and the folks working in its movie trade. “So, with the deepest gratitude, I dedicate this award to Maharashtra. To its folks. To its artists. To its technicians. To its filmmakers. To your entire movie fraternity that calls this lovely state house. And to the generations of storytellers who got here earlier than us and made it potential for a lady like me to dream.”