Riteish Deshmukh dedicates awards to dad and son

Actor-filmmaker Riteish Deshmukh, who won awards for his debut Marathi movie Lai Bhaari, dedicated them to his late father Vilasrao Deshmukh and his first child with wife Genelia D’Souza.

While he produced Marathi film Balak-Palak in 2013, Lai Bhaari is his first Marathi film as an actor.

“Won 2 awards today [Sunday] ZeeTalkies Maharashtracha Favourite Actor & Favourite Style Icon-One 4 my father & One 4 my lil one,” Deshmukh tweeted on Monday.

The actor, who recently became father to a boy, also thanked his fans. “I wanna thank everyone who loved &voted for Lai Bhaari movie [sic],” he wrote.

The movie was nominated in 10 categories.

“Lai Bhaari won 8 out of 10 nominations — Maharashtracha fav cinema, director, actor, villain, sup actress, song, singer & style icon [sic],” he posted.

“ZeeTalkies Maharashtracha favourite Cinema — Lai Bhaari — won by @geneliad Jeetendra Thackeray &Amey Kopkar [sic],” he added.