Bollywood veteran actress Deepti Naval won the best actress award at the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF).
The actress was honored for her role as Leela Krishnamoorthy, a middle-aged widow, in debut filmmaker Avinash Kumar Singh's LISTEN… AMAYA.
Deepti Naval essays an author-backed role of a single mother who refuses to break down after the untimely death of her husband and owns and runs an offbeat library-cum-coffee shop.
LISTEN AMAYA also featured Farooq Shaikh and Swara Bhaskar in pivotal roles. The film released on 1st February 2013.
