Mumbai, June 20 -- Bollywood actress Nusratt Bharuccha has received the 'Ground-Breaking Star of the Year' award for her gripping and fearless performance in the horror-thriller "Chhori 2".

While receiving the award, Nusratt in an emotional speech reflected on her journey in the film industry. She said, "With being the butt of all jokes in my first few films, being the annoying, manipulative, controlling, annoying girl, and I'm here now taking an award for a film that speaks so much more about a girl's life, her right to live and her right to have a life of her own to choose it.

"The fact that I'm here and I'm able to take this journey for all the Chhoriis (translated: girls) out there. I have goosebumps saying it because really for me i...