Beating commercial front-runners in the same category, acclaimed actress Saba Qamar’s ‘Hindi Medium’ bagged the 63rd Jio Filmfare Award 2018 for Best Film and Best Actor. The films nominated for Best Film were ‘Badrinath Ki Dulhania’, ‘Toilet – Ek Prem Katha’, ‘Hindi Medium’, ‘Bareilly Ki Barfi’ and ‘Secret Superstar’. The actress expressed her excitement and joy on the film’s big win on her social media accounts by putting up a poster of the film and writing, “Yay, congratulations!” The comedy drama film was nominated in a total of 13 categories, that included Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Although Saba Qamar, couldn’t bag the award for Best Actress, she expressed her happiness on Instagram and Twitter over the film’s win. Released last year in May, ‘Hindi Medium’ was written by Zeenat Lakhani and directed by Saket Chaudhary, starring Irrfan Khan and Qamar in leading roles. Published in Daily Times, January 22nd 2018.