Divya won the award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Female for her bold and daring role in Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra's Dilli-6 where she played the character of a outcast girl, "Jalebi", on the other hand, Sharman won the Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Male for his character of one of the idiots alongside Aamir Khan and R.Madhavan in The highest ever grosser film in the Hindi Film Industry- 3 Idiots.
Since the announcement of the awards, the duo has been flooded with calls, SMS, messages on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook, from entire Bollywood and prominent personalities.
Everyone, including big names like Raj Kumar Hirani, Viveik Oberoi, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra, Shashi Tharoor and others have shown their happiness to Divya and Sharman, calling them the 'Underdogs who truly deserved the awards long back & have been finally rewarded for their hardwork of years.'
Divya was very touched by the fact that the entire industry was very happy for her when she won the award. Almost everyone from the industry kept calling her to congratulate her, tweeted on her Twitter account and even sent the congratulatory flowers.
The actress is also very happy for actor Sharman Joshi who also got an award for the best actor in a supporting role.
Delhi 6 was a very special movie for Divya. She was not just the first choice for the role of Jalebi, but was also the first actor (male or female) to be casted for the movie.