Aishwarya Dhanush was given the 'Pride of Tamil Nadu' award by the New York Tamil Sangham at a gala event at Queens Museum of Art in the Big Apple.
The first-time director was in New York as for the screening of 3 at the New York Indian Film Festival.
Aishwarya Dhanush, daughter of Rajnikanth was pleased with the honour and said she would live up to it in the coming days.
She worked as associate to Selvaraghavan in few films before directing 3.
