Esha Deol in a still from the film Ek Duaa. (courtesy: iameshadeol)
Esha Deol is over the moon and she has her film Ek Duaa to thank for it. The project received a special mention at the 69th National Awards, which was announced on Thursday [August 24]. Following the win, Esha Deol has shared a note thanking her team. Ek Duaa is her first project as a producer and in her note, she explained why the win is extremely special. Sharing the poster of the film, Esha Deol wrote, “Over the moon as my film Ek Duaa has won at the 69th National Awards. As a producer and actor in this film to get this recognition in the non-feature special mention award means the world to me. The subject of our film is about female foeticide, save the girl child and for this to get recognition at the National awards is so overwhelming.”
In her gratitude note, Esha Deol added, “I want to thank everyone and specially my fans for their love, support, prayers and duaas. Congratulations to the entire team of Ek Duaa and specially my director Ramkamal Mukerjee for making this film together with me. Much love and gratitude, Esha Deol.” Responding to the post, Abhishek Bachchan wrote, “Congratulations.” Celina Jaitly said, “Hearty congratulations to you and the entire team.” Sanjay Kapoor, Zayed Khan, Lillete Dubey, and Amit Sadh also congratulated Esha Deol.
Check out the post here:
On Instagram Stories too, Esha Deol wrote, “Thank you everyone for the good wishes on my film Ek Duaa winning the National Award. I do read all your congratulatory messages and a lot of you are asking me where to watch the film. Go to the @officialjiocinema OTT platform to watch my film Ek Duaa. Much love and gratitude, Esha Deol.”
Screenshot of Esha Deol's Instagram story
Meanwhile, at the 69th edition of the National Awards, Rocketry: The Nambi Effect was awarded Best Film. Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon shared the Best Actress award for Gangubai Kathiawadi and Mimi respectively, while Allu Arjun was named Best Actor for Pushpa: The Rise.