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Radhika Apte Declared Best Actress At Tribeca, A First For An Indian

Radhika Apte Declared Best Actress At Tribeca, A First For An Indian
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 14: Radhika Apte at 'Madly' Premiere - 2016 Tribeca Film Festival at Chelsea Bow Tie Cinemas on April 14, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Epsilon/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 14: Radhika Apte at 'Madly' Premiere - 2016 Tribeca Film Festival at Chelsea Bow Tie Cinemas on April 14, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Epsilon/Getty Images)

Radhika Apte, who's made an impact with films like Shor In The City (2011), Manjhi: The Mountain Man (2015) and Badlapur (2015), has won the prestigious Best Actress (in international narrative) award at the ongoing Tribeca Film Festival in New York.

Radhika has won the honour for Madly, a film that is an amalgamation of six stories portraying contemporary love by six directors from around the world. Radhika appears in the 20-minute segment called Clean Shaven which has been directed by Anurag Kashyap. This is the same short whose clip, featuring a semi-nude Radhika, had leaked online a few months ago, triggering a controversy.

This is the first time an Indian actress has won the Best Actress award at Tribeca, whose previous winners include Zoe Kazan, Hanna Murray and Rachel Mwanza, among others.

The #Tribeca2016 Award for Best Actress in an International Narrative Feature goes to… @Radhika_Apte in MADLY. pic.twitter.com/IM58HypvxD

— Tribeca (@Tribeca) April 21, 2016

Predictably, Radhika was flooded with messages from well-wishers from the industry.

Lai Bhaari @radhika_apte - heartiest congratulations. https://t.co/1SPFVedhGL

— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) April 22, 2016

U gotta love it when an actor brings home the glory...@radhika_apte we are all fans truly MADly deeply... https://t.co/ol0TZaIIKj

— Arjun Kapoor (@arjunk26) April 22, 2016

.@radhika_apte wins best actress @Tribeca for #Madly. Bravo, bravo, bravo!! @anuragkashyap72@nusratdurrani@GaelGarciaB

— T.A.N.U.J. G.A.R.G. (@tanuj_garg) April 22, 2016

Wow..Congratulations @radhika_apte@anuragkashyap72 .. https://t.co/DmfgvvtWtz

— Ashvini Yardi (@AshviniYardi) April 22, 2016

And the amazing woman that Radhika is, she thanked her director Anurag Kashyap.

So grateful to you @anuragkashyap72 to many more! Love ya ☺️ https://t.co/U7wbtFZny3

— Radhika Apte (@radhika_apte) April 22, 2016

Here's the full list of winners from Tribeca.

And well done, Radhika!

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