Welsh actor Catherine Zeta-Jones expressed her love for Indian movies and shared that her children grew up watching films like Shah Rukh Khan's Om Shanti Om. Talking to the media at the International Film Festival of India in Goa, she said, "I love the country and the people so very much. My children grew up watching Om Shanti Om." IFFI 2023: Catherine Zeta-Jones Reveals Shah Rukh Khan's Om Shanti Om and Irrfan Khan's The Lunchbox Are Her Fave Films (Watch Video).
Jones said that there are a number of great movies that she watched so far and she also said that one of her favourite films is The Lunchbox. "There are so many great movies that I have been able to watch. A movie that I love is The Lunchbox. It was one of my favourite movies and it still is one of my favourite movies of all time. It touched me, it was so well acted, so well directed," she added. She has garnered numerous awards for her versatility, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Tony Award. Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones at IFFI 2023! Actress Reveals She's Bollywood-Obsessed and Has Watched Om Shanti Om and The Lunchbox (Watch Video).
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WATCH: In India for #IFFI2023, #CatherineZetaJones talks about her love for Bollywood and reveals that she has made her son watch her favourite film, @TheFarahKhan's Om Shanti Om many times. She also shared watching Irrfan's Lunchbox twice and how it moved her.#IFFIGoa #IFFI54 pic.twitter.com/M33wNzg07F
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Zeta-Jones received critical acclaim for her performances as a vengeful pregnant woman in Traffic (2000)and a murderous singer in the musical Chicago (2002) winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the latter. She starred in the black comedy Intolerable Cruelty, the heist film Ocean's Twelve, the comedy The Terminal, and the romantic comedy 'No Reservations'.