India, Jan. 30 -- Sikandar Kher recently received the Governor's Award of Excellence from the state of West Bengal for his contribution to cinema. Talking about it, Sikandar Kher says, "When I got the call for this earlier, saying that the governor, his Excellency is going to be awarding me, it felt surreal. It's a complete privilege to get this recognition from his excellency, the governor of West Bengal."

Sikandar has played a Bengali character once in his career, for the web show Tooth Pari. But he feels an innate connection with the city. "I love the city. I have shot Tooth Pari over there and I was there for almost a month. I love the people there, I have so many Bengali friends and it's a beautiful city. You just feel a certain vib...