Actress Ananya Panday won the Spotlight Actor of the Year award at the Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year Awards 2024, which took place in Mumbai on Saturday, October 19. The actress, who looked glamorous in a black evening gown, was very happy while receiving the trophy. , The 25-year-old used the opportunity to shed light on how the film industry treats women today.

In her victory speech, Ananya mentioned that filmmakers and writers are finally recognizing the true potential of women and giving them meaty roles to perform. He said that this award means a lot to him because this time he has been honored for his performance.

“This is a very special award because it is for acting. This is the first time that I have received some of these awards. So, I am very grateful to everyone. Thank you very much. It feels special to me. And Honestly, I’m just a reward. It’s a product of the people I work with, the actors, the directors, the writers, the producers and all the other departments on the set,” she said.

Ananya further said, “Finally, writers and directors are seeing women for who they are and there is a lot of space for women out there. I think we are creating that space for ourselves. This is what it takes to be an actress.” Great timing. I’m really grateful.” Everyone, and thank you so much for having me.”

The young Bollywood star debuted in the industry five years ago with Karan Johar’s film Student of the Year 2. Ananya has come a long way since then. This year, he proved his acting ability by choosing interesting scripts and impressed the audience with his performances in the Netflix film CTRL and the Prime Video series Call Me Bay.

Apart from Ananya, actor Kriti Sanon also got a big honor in the award ceremony. He was honored with the Best Actor award in this program.

Harper’s Bazaar’s Women of the Year Awards were based on a unique feature this year. The aim of the event was to create a ‘chain of empowerment’ for women by having each winner award a trophy to the winner of the next category.