Humaima Malick recently won the Best Actress award at the London Asian Film Festival (LAFF) 2012, for her film ‘Bol’. Beating Bollywood stars including Shilpa Shetty, Freida Pinto and Shabana Azmi at the awards ceremony, the award came as quite a surprise for Malick. Winning the award she said was the biggest honour for her. As the only Pakistani in the BAFTA building at the time of the award ceremony, Malik says she was star struck in the presence of so many Hollywood and Bollywood biggies and said it felt great to be among the among so many big celebrities receiving the prestigious awards. “I was beaming with pride, happiness and joy,” she said. ‘Bol’ was the first Pakistani movie to be nominated in seven different categories at such a major international film festival. Malik says the award she won was for her country. She says she was satisfied with the hard work she had put in the project and was hopeful it would pay off. Winning didn’t come as a shock, she says, although, she was surprised when her name was called out. “I personally adore both Shilpa Shetty and Freida and I love their work so I didn’t know where I stood. But I value the love and appreciation that LAFF gave a new artiste like me,” she said. She continued, “I also got the chance to interact with many Hollywood and Bollywood celebrities during the event. It was delight to speak to Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Javed Akhtar at the function.” Humaima also met with Abhishek Bachchan at the ceremony and she recalled, “I was overwhelmed on meeting Abhishek. In fact, he watched my film and said very good things about it and appreciated my performance as well.” Humaima will be visiting India soon to complete the shoot of her next movie, the details of which are being kept under wraps for now. “I will be in India in a few days. I will be busy with the completion of the shoot of my movie. It has been a different experience working in a Bollywood film. I’m just loving it,” said an excited Humaima. About former Pakistani cricketer Wasim Akram, whom she was said to be dating in the past, she said, “We’re just good friends, aur kuch bhi nahi hai.”