The Federal Film Awards, announced in New Delhi today, posthumously awarded Sridewi, her first Federal Film Award for Best Actress.
It was for her performance in the film, Mom.
She was cast as a mother, bent on avenging the rape of her daughter.
It was her third film after she came back to acting, with English Winglish and Puli.
She drowned in a Dubai hotel bathroom, in February 2018.
- New Delhi Television, April 13, 2018