Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival: Deepti Naval feted with Excellence in Cinema Award at opening ceremony
FirstpostDeepti Naval was felicitated with the Excellence in Cinema Award by Deepika Padukone and Vishal Bhardwaj Veteran actor Deepti Naval was honoured with the Excellence in Cinema Award at the opening ceremony of the 21st Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival with Star on Thursday night. #JioMAMIwithStar2019 @deepikapadukone pic.twitter.com/b94x0oPtf2 — MAMI Mumbai Film Festival October 17, 2019 “I am quite nervous, I am overwhelmed with this award. #JioMAMIwithStar2019 pic.twitter.com/Qwuwlx285k — MAMI Mumbai Film Festival October 17, 2019 Quoting from Naval’s poetry, Bharadwaj said, “When you feel like saying a lot of things that time too do not feel like saying anything.” Naval made her acting debut with Junoon in 1978. The 20th Jio Mumbai Academy of Moving Image Mumbai Film Festival began Thursday night and was attended by Bollywood celebrities like Deepika, Bhardwaj, Karan Johar, Taapsee Pannu, Kiran Rao, Nandita Das, Sudhir Mishra, Tannishtha Chatterjee and others.