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During the ceremony, Tom Lebonge called the star "our girl", following her work with Jackie Chan, reports The Times of India.
He also told delegates that he had been "enamoured" by Sherawat, who is the first actress from her nation to receive such an award.
Sherawat revealed that she had never been to Japan but expressed a desire to visit the former leader's country one day.
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