New Delhi, July 26 (UNI) Sanya Malhotra has been felicitated in China, the actress had visited the country to pick an award for her performance in her debut film 'Dangal'.

Recently Sanya had attended the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) in China.

Sanya won the ‘Best Action Actress Award’ at the prestigious fourth annual Jackie Chan Action Movie Week, held as part of SIFF, for her performance in Dangal.

The award ceremony was held in Datong, China.

Sanya, who made it to the event, even had a fan moment when she met action superstar Jackie Chan.

Sanya Malhotra shared,"I’m humbled to have received this award for the movie. Dangal means a lot to me and marked my debut in the industry. I feel grateful for the honor from a lovely country like China. It only encourages me to work harder for all the people who have showered so much love on me since the movie released. Also, the cherry on the icing was meeting the legendary actor Jackie Chan. It was truly a fangirl moment for me. He is very humble, gracious and down-to-earth.”

Both Sanya and Fatima even posed with the star for a picture and shared it on their respective social media accounts.

Sanya posted an image of her with Jackie Chan and captioned it by writing," Met a legend who’s so humble, gracious and hospitable. Thank you so much @jackiechan for having us at #jackiechanactionmovieweek . Looking forward to watch the closing ceremony and especially the performance by your team #jackiechan#dangal".

In fact, Sanya is a big fan of Chan’s work and has seen most of his action movies while growing up.

Her film ‘Dangal’ released in China and received a humongous response from the Chinese audience, and Sanya left the audience and critics impressed with her performance as Babita.

‘Dangal’ had become the biggest film of the year when it was released in India in 2016.

It was not only hailed in India by the audience and critics, but was also loved in other countries.

‘Dangal’ has been declared one of the most popular Indian films to have been released in China.

‘Dangal’ actress Sanya Malhotra and Fatima Sana Shaikh were honoured with the Best Action Actress Award for Dangal.

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