India, Aug. 4 -- Actor Urvashi won the Best Supporting Actress award at the recently announced 71st National Film Awards. The 56-year-old won it for her performance as Leelamma in Christo Tomy's 2024 film Ullozhukku, which also stars Parvathy Thiruvothu. Talking to Manorama News, while Urvashi expressed gratitude for the award, she also questioned if she needed to be younger to win Best Actress.

Urvashi questioned the logic behind categorising her role as 'supporting' when both she and Parvathy were contending in the Best Actress category. She questioned, "Is there any standard scale for acting? Or is it that after a certain age, this is all you'll get?" Urvashi didn't mince words as she added that these awards should make the recipient ...