Yami Gautam mentioned how proud she feels after her father, Mukesh Gautam, won the National Film Award.
Yami Gautam shared a warm post for her father, Mukesh Gautam, as he won his first National Film Award. He won the award for his movie – Baghi Di Dhee.
The 70th National Film Awards took place at the Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi on Tuesday. The prestigious event saw the best in Indian cinema being honoured for their contributions. Amidst the several personalities who won the award was actor Yami Gautam’s father, Mukesh Gautam. The actor took to her social media to share a note for her father and express her joy.
Taking to her Instagram, Yami Gautam shared pictures of her father at the National Film Awards as she sat at home and watched him on television. Mukesh Gautam won the award under the Best Punjabi Feature Film category for his movie, Baghi Di Dhee. The actor mentioned how proud she is of her father’s achievements and shared a warm note.
Yami wrote, “Very emotional moment as my father, Shri Mukesh Gautam, received his first National Award, as a director, for his film – ‘Baghi Di Dhee’. Emotions cannot be poured into words. I am such a proud daughter. My father’s journey till here has been one of the hardest journeys I have seen & yet couldn’t deter him from his consistent passion for work & immense honesty in ethics. Your family is proud of you, papa. A special mention to @rabindra.narayan & @jasrajsinghbhatti for being a fantastic team.”
Take a look at the post here.
In an earlier interview with The Times Of India, Mukesh opened up about winning the National Award for the first time and how he managed to work on the film despite having limited resources and dealing with budget constraints. The 70th National Film Awards saw celebrities like Mithun Chakraborty, Manasi Parekh, Rishab Shetty, Sathish Krishnan, and Pritam among others receiving the award from President Droupadi Murmu.
On the work front, Yami was last seen in Article 370. She shared the screen with Priyamani and Arun Govil in this political action thriller.
