Mimi star Kriti Sanon shines bright as she gives her IIFA Best Actress trophy a kiss; says ‘dreams do come true’

Bollywood beauty Kriti Sanon began her journey in the Hindi film industry with Heropanti back in 2014. Over the years, her charm remained intact as she grew as an actor and connected with the audience on a deeper level with her acting chops. She went on to deliver one of her best performances till date last year with Laxman Utekar’s heartwarming comedy drama Mimi. In the film, Kriti portrayed the role of a small town dancer with big dreams, who decides to be a surrogate mother for a foreign couple.

Kriti left us in awe as she poured her heart and soul into Mimi. Well, for her incredible work, she won the trophy for Best Actress at the 22nd IIFA Awards last night. Celebrating her much-deserved victory, Kriti shared an emotional note along with snaps of her and the trophy. She wrote: “Dreams do come true! All you need to do is keep working hard towards it and never lose faith! 🦋 It has taken me 8yrs to get my first #BestActress award. . But I’m so happy that I received my first for #Mimi - a film I’ll treasure forever, a character that will always be special in my filmography! 🤰🏻💖 🦋”

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The actress looked radiant in a bright yellow gown as she kissed her trophy. In the caption, Kriti went on to add, “Thank you @iifa for this validation and for an amazing evening!! 💃🏻 Will always be grateful to #Dinoo @laxman.utekar sir for making me your Mimi for life and the whole cast and crew of Mimi for making this journey so memorable! ❤️❤️”

Kriti’s envious line up of upcoming films currently includes Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo ’s Hindi remake Shehzada opposite Kartik Aaryan , monster comedy Bhediya with Varun Dhawan , Ganapath co-starring Tiger Shroff and Om Raut’s Adipurush with South superstar Prabhas . We wish her all the best!