Rajkummar wins Asia's Rising Star award in Macau
Macau
December 15, 2017
National Award-winning actor Rajkummar Rao has been
honoured with Variety Asia Rising Star award at the International Film Festival
and Awards Macao.
Known for his work in films like "Kai Po Che!",
"Trapped", "Shahid" and "Aligarh", Rajkummar tweeted on Thursday: "Won the
Variety Asia Rising star award at IFFAM in Macau. Thank you Variety magazine for
this honour."
Prizes were handed out on Thursday evening at Macau's
Cultural Centre, in front of a crowd that mixed local dignitaries, Hong Kong
movie folk and a high-profile international contingent of film makers, industry
executives, and festival programmers, reports variety.com.
Variety and
the IFFAM collaborated to put the spotlight on eight Asian acting talents who
have the potential to become regional and global stars.
They included
Shioli Kutsuna, Ludi Lin, Chutimon Cheungcharoensukying, Piolo Pascual, Celina
Jade, Ahn Seo-hyun and Rajkummar for his performance in "Newton", which was
India's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars 2018. It
is now out of the race for the honour.
Macau
December 15, 2017
National Award-winning actor Rajkummar Rao has been
honoured with Variety Asia Rising Star award at the International Film Festival
and Awards Macao.
Known for his work in films like "Kai Po Che!",
"Trapped", "Shahid" and "Aligarh", Rajkummar tweeted on Thursday: "Won the
Variety Asia Rising star award at IFFAM in Macau. Thank you Variety magazine for
this honour."
Prizes were handed out on Thursday evening at Macau's
Cultural Centre, in front of a crowd that mixed local dignitaries, Hong Kong
movie folk and a high-profile international contingent of film makers, industry
executives, and festival programmers, reports variety.com.
Variety and
the IFFAM collaborated to put the spotlight on eight Asian acting talents who
have the potential to become regional and global stars.
They included
Shioli Kutsuna, Ludi Lin, Chutimon Cheungcharoensukying, Piolo Pascual, Celina
Jade, Ahn Seo-hyun and Rajkummar for his performance in "Newton", which was
India's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars 2018. It
is now out of the race for the honour.
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