stage shows that have received raving reviews the dancerturnedactress silverscreen performances in malayalam telugu tamil and kannada have also won her many accolades through her career her film mitr my friend also won her a national award in 2001 will also share this honour with the experiment theatre group theatre academy which i administered from 1972 to 92 and lalit kala kendra university of pune which i headed from 1996 to 2009 he would like to dedicate this honour to his wife anita who passed away unexpectedly four years ago it is she who gave me the strength to sustain in my kind of theatre which is not in the popular stream alekar said