Milky beauty Tamannaah Bhatia, who has worked in Bollywood, Tollywood and Kollywood, will be felicitated with Sridevi Award at the Zee Apsara Awards, to be held in Hyderabad today. She will be honoured for her contribution to cinema and as a deserving woman achiever on Sunday.
Baahubali fame Tamannaah said, “Sridevi was someone I looked up to during my formative years in the film industry. It is such a privilege to be presented an award named after her. Just like her, I too started out my journey in film Industry when I was young and I understand that it takes decades to build a legacy.”
In 2013, Tamannaah also played the female lead role in Sridevi’s Himmatwala remake.
On the workside, she will next be seen in Nandamuri Kalyanram starrer romantic entertainer ‘Naa Nuvve’ and also in woman centric movie ‘Queen Once Again’, the remake of Bollywood hit movie Queen in which Kangana Ranaut played the female lead. The remake is being helmed by National Award-winning director Neelakanta.
Recently Tamannaah was also seen performing for the IPL opening ceremony along with other Bollywood stars like Varun Dhawan, Mika Singh, Prabhu Deva, Hrithik Roshan and Jacqueline Fernandez.