Panaji, Nov. 27 -- Sharing her experience of getting honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2020, legendary actress Asha Parekh said that it's a long time after which a lady has been accorded with this award.

Expressing the surprise and pleasure over receiving the Award, she said, "I am also the first Gujarati to get this award. So, it was a great thing for me but for 2 days it didn't registered in mind. I was thankful firstly to God because it was too big a surprise for me."

Asha Parekh was speaking during the In-Conversation session at the 53rd International Film Festival of India in Goa today.

Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2020 was accorded to Asha Parekh for her exemplary lifetime contribution to Indian Cinema.

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