Bangalore Literature Festival: Twinkle Khanna wins Popular Choice Award

Writer, film producer and former actress Twinkle Khanna feels honoured to get the Popular Choice Award at the sixth edition of Bangalore Literature Festival for her book The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad. [caption id=“attachment_4182209” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Twinkle Khanna. Image from Twitter/@Indilens[/caption] Twinkle tweeted the news on 28 November. “A great honour to win an award with such wonderful writers. See you at the Bangalore Literature Festival tomorrow (29 November) in Bengaluru,” she tweeted.

The fest will take place in Bengaluru on 28 November to 29 November. The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad is Twinkle’s second book which released this year. Her first book was Mrs Funnybones, released in 2015, which was an instant hit with readers looking for a light read. On the film front, Twinkle has co-produced Akshay Kumar starrer Padman, also featuring Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte in lead roles. The film tells a true story of Arunachalam Muruganantham’s journey to make affordable sanitary napkins.