Asian filmfest ends; Best film award to”Suddha”

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Presence of a galaxy of stars from the Bollywood firmament today marked the finale of the Osians” Cinefan Festival of Asian cinema even as a majority of awards were bagged by films from the stable of sensible or parallel cinema. In what can be seen as a sign of the diverse worlds of commercial and art cinema coming together on one platform, a host of stars from the mainstream Bollywood honoured their counterparts in the parallel cinema at the closing ceremony of the Asian film festival, which tonight concluded with the screening of the Iranian film ”Offside” by Jafar Panahi. Filmmaker Girish Kasaravalli won the Special Jury award for his film ”In the Shadow of the Dog” while the Best Film Award was bagged by ”The Cleansing Rites”(Suddha) by P N Ramchandra, the first film in Tulu language. The Best Actor award was bagged by Subratta Dutta for his role in ”Calcutta Unabashed” while the Best Actress award was won by Tannishta Chaterjee for her role in the same film. While the glamorous Urmila Matondkar handed over the Best Actor award to Subratta Dutta, actress Nandita Das gave the award for best actress in the section and Bollywood actor Juhi Chawla gave the award to filmmaker P N Ramchandra. The Phillipines film ”Bet Collector” bagged three awards - FIPRESI jury Award for Best film as well as the Best Actress and Best Film Award in the Asian competition section. The Turkish film ”Two Girls” by Kutlug Ataman won the Special Jury Prize in the Asian competition section. Two films, ”Homeland” by Tareque and Catherine Masud from Bangladesh and ”Love’s Lone Flower” by Tsao Jui Yuan from Taiwan, won a special mention in the Asian competition section. The NETPAC jury award went to ”Midnight My Love” from Thailand.

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