After a long time of her career for the first time, Sonam Kapoor has got the best actress award in her career. She got this award in Dubai held Masala Awards 2016 for her performance in Neerja. After getting the award Sonam Kapoor shared the picture on Instagram. Sonam Kapoor played real life character of Neerja Bhanot in Ram Madhvani's film Neerja. The audience loved Sonam Kapoor's performance in the film. In this film, Sonam Kapoor played the role of flight attendant brave Neerja Bhanot who besides taking care of her life saved the life of passengers. After getting the award, Sonam Kapoor thanked everyone and also shared the picture of social media. Sonam Kapoor got hottest vegetarian award 2016 from PETA India Sonam Kapoor also gives the caption to the image by thanking the team of Neerja and audience. Sonam Kapoor wrote Thank you for the love... Bhanot family, Ram Madhvani, Atul Kasbeskar, and team Neerja. A lot of conversation has been about the awards who deserves what. As an artist, I am just thankful for the experience of playing Neerja Bhanot. That in itself was amazingly rewarding... all this dialogue belittles what this incredible woman stood for. Nevertheless all my love to team Neerja, this is your as much as it's mine. Alia Bhatt gets the best actress award and Amitabh Bachchan gets the best actor award This is to notice that this year there was the competition between Alia Bhatt and Sonam Kapoor for getting the best actress award for their movies Udta Punjab and Neerja respectively. However, in the opening awards Alia Bhatt won the award but many of critics are criticizing the choice of awards like always. You may also like :- Bollywood Movies 2017 Upcoming movies List