Indian actress Anjali Patil who played the lead role in Prasanna Vithanage’s newest movie ‘Oba Nethuwa Oba Ekka’ (With You Without You) won the best actress award for her role in the film at the 43^rd Indian International Film Festival on Friday.

This is the first time in Sinhala cinema’s 65-year history that an overseas actress has been awarded an international award in the best actress category in a Sinhala movie.

Anjali Patil is a gold medalist from the National School of Drama in Delhi and has worked extensively with Indian and international theatre personalities. She has been critically acclaimed for her performance in the movie Delhi in a Day which was premiered in Asia at the Mumbai film festival last year.