Manorama
Six
Feet
Under
|
Director
Navdeep
Singh
|
Best
Film
AwardCourtesy:
Glamsham
Wednesday,
November
14,
2007
Shemaroo
Entertainment's
-
Manorama
Six
Feet
Under
-
directed
by
Navdeep
Singh
has
won
the
Best
Film
Award
at
'The
Mahindra
Indo-American
Arts
Council
Film
Festival'
[MIAAC]
held
at
New
York
from
07
November
2007
to
11
November
2007.
The
MIAAC
Film
Festival
had
six
award
categories
for
this
year's
festival
which
included
-
Best
Film,
Best
Director,
Best
Actor,
Best
Actress,
Best
Documentary
and
Best
Short.
The
nominees
for
these
categories
were
selected
by
distinguished
jurors.
The
other
nominees
for
the
Best
Film
Category
included
Arindam
Nandy's
Via
Darjeeling,
Pan
Nalin's
Valley
Of
Flowers
and
Shivajee
Chandrabhushan's
Frozen.
Navdeep
Singh
-
director
of
Manorama
Six
Feet
Under
-
shares
his
thoughts,
"This
award
certainly
means
a
lot
and
both
Ketan
and
me
feel
like
on
top
of
the
world.
There
is
a
deep
sense
of
satisfaction
to
know
that
your
piece
of
art
is
recognized
by
prestigious
International
Festivals'.
Adds
Ketan
Maru
-
Producer
of
Manorama
Six
Feet
Under
-
"Awards
like
these
are
definitely
encouraging
to
directors
and
production
houses."
The
Indo-American
Arts
Council
(IAAC)
is
a
not-for-profit
arts
organization
dedicated
to
promoting,
showcasing
and
building
an
awareness
of
Indian
artists
in
the
performing,
literary,
visual,
and
folk
arts.
Its
focus
is
to
help
artists
and
art
organizations
in
North
America
as
well
as
to
facilitate
artists
from
India
to
exhibit,
perform
and
produce
their
work
here.