Her `Dhadkan` made us believe that she can act. She won some accolades with Hathyar too. Then came the nomination as Best Actor in a comic role for her performance in Inder Kumar`s Rishtey, in which she played a fisherwoman. "I was pleasantly surprised," she told newsmen when they called to congratulate her.

"I know it`s the number of times one gets to the list of nominees that`s important, At least I`ll be remembered, yaar." Does she even realize that irrespective of the nominations she may receive, if the real award continues to elude her, she would never ever be remembered even as an actress, let alone as an actress of some reckoning!

But the night belonged to Sanjay Leela Bhansali`s Rs 50-crore magnum opus Devdas and Aishwarya Rai bagged the best actress along with Sanjay Leela Bhansali as Best director , Shah Rukh Khan as Best Actor and Madhuri Dixit as best actress in a supporting role.