Vidya Balan won the National Award for Best Actress for her role in "The Dirty Picture" (announced in the 59th National Awards in March 2012). Earlier, she had also won the equivalent Filmfare Award, for the same film. That puts her in a select group of actresses to have won these two awards for the same film role.
The previous one was Priyanka Chopra in 2009 ("Fashion"). Which two other actresses have done this same double?
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Smita Patil (Chakra, 1981-82) and Shabana Azmi (Arth, 1983-84)
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