It was really a surprise not only for Malayalam film lovers but also for Nazriya Nazim as well. When there are lots of reports came out about who will be the Best Actress of 2014, nowhere the name of Nazriya Nazim was mentioned as a contender for this award and names like Manju Warrier, Priyanka and Lena were mentioned for their performances in films like How Old Are You, Alif and Ottal respectively. Popular medias were reporting in that way saying that these 3 are the main competent and most probably Manju Warrier would be the winner as well. But to the surprise of all, Nazriya Nazim was chosen as the Best Actress of the year 2014 for her performances in Jude Antony Joseph directorial Om Shanti Oshana and Anjali menon’s Bangalore Days.
Nazriya Nazim says that it was really an unexpected one and really a surprise for her. She never expected a state award for this. Then, she said that she is dedicating this award to her husband Fahad Fazil as after the marriage with him luck has been coming to her door frequently and he is her lucky charm. Nazriya also said that she did both the films Om Shanti Oshana and Bangalore days with lot of fun and really enjoyed each moment working with the cast and crew of the films. Those characters are close to her heart as well. That could be the reason why the jury felt that she did the role perfectly.
Om Shanti Oshana was a woman centric film which gave most of the importance to the character played by Nazriya making the male lead Nivin being secondary to her. That was a bold attempt but well received by the audience and they really loved the innocent performance of Nazriya which was very natural. The character in Bangalore Days named Divya offered her some more shades to perform as well. It needed her innocent act as well as a matured performance on the course of the storytelling of the film. She did it very convincingly. It was her last film before marriage as well and her husband Fahad was her pair in that flick.
Nazriya also said that she is eyeing to make a comeback but not because of this award but which was planned before that if she gets a good character she will be back to play it.
