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Aamir Khan’s ‘Dangal’ wins best Asian Film Award in Australia

Superstar Aamir Khan-starrer Dangal has been named as the Best Asian Film at the 7th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards.

The Nitesh Kumar-directed sports drama was based on the life of Haryana wrestler Mahavir Phogat and his daughters. The film starred Aamir Khan as Phogat with Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra play the adult version professional wrestlers Geeta and Babita.

Veteran actor Shabana Azmi, who served as one of the jury members on the panel, led by Hollywood star Russell Crowe, for this year’s inaugural category, took to Twitter to laud

 

Even Russell Crowe tweeted about it.

Besides ‘Dangal’, ‘Pink’ and Marathi film ‘Kasav: Turtle’ were among the nine films which were nominated for the inaugural AACTA Best Asian Film award.

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