Luise Rainer humble Chinese peasant subservient to her husband and speaking little during the entire film. Her comparative muteness, stated historian Andrew Sarris, was "an astounding tour de force after her hysterically chattering telephone scene in "The Great Ziegfeld"", and contributed to her winning her second Best Actress Oscar. The award made her the first actress to win two consecutive Oscars, a feat not matched until Katharine Hepburn's two wins thirty years later. In later years, however, Rainer felt that winning the two Oscars so early may have been the "worst possible thing" to befall her career. She said that it made
Parvathy (actress) to win IFFI Best Actor Award (Female), becoming the first ever Indian film Actress to win the silver peacock award. She was also nominated for National Film Award for Best Actress, where she lost to Sridevi in the final round. But went on to win her first National Film Award – Special Mention and her second Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress. She made her Bollywood debut opposite Irrfan Khan in the movie Qarib Qarib Singlle. Her upcoming films are My Story opposite Prithviraj Sukumaran, Tamil film "Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum", Koode opposite Prithviraj & Nazriya Nazim and Autorickshawkkarante