Namrata Rao overjoyed at winning National Award for 'Kahaani'

New Delhi: Namrata Rao is very overwhelmed to win the National Award for the best editor for 'Kahaani'.

"I am very glad. It is very overwhelming. This is for the first time I have ever got a National Award. It is a great feeling I can't put in words. All I can say is thank you. This was unexpected. I am very happy," Rao told IANS soon after she got the news.

Rao, 32, is one of the youngest editors in Bollywood, and she had earlier bagged the best editing statuette at Filmfare, Zee Cine Awards and Colors Screen Awards for 'Kahaani', a Kolkata-based woman-centric thriller.

Directed by Sujoy Ghosh, the film starred Vidya Balan in the lead role.