India, Feb. 18 -- Many were hopeful last year that Sai Pallavi would bag a National Award for Gargi that eventually went to Nithya Menen for Thiruchitrambalam. Talking to Galatta Plus, the actor revealed that she did want to win the award, but for a sweet reason. (Also Read: Sai Pallavi opens up about being affected by social media trolls)

Sai said in the interview that she 'always wanted' to bag a National Award because she wanted to wear the saree gifted by her grandmother. She said, "I've always wanted a National Award because when I was around 21 years old, my granny gave me a saree and said, wear this for your wedding. That time she was very sick and had undergone surgery. So that time I thought marriage was next, I hadn't done my f...