PNC wins Remi award at Houston
Courtesy:
IndiaFM
Monday,
May
14,
2007
The
very
prestigious
Remi
Award
for
Creative
Excellence
at
the
40th
Annual
WorldFest-
Houston
International
Film
and
Video
Festival
2007
was
won
by
Pritish
Nandy
Communications
last
week
for
its
film
Pyar
Ke
Side
Effects
starring
Mallika
Sherawat
and
Rahul
Bose.
Out
of
more
than
4,500
international
category
entries,
this
Bollywood
movie
directed
by
Saket
Chowdhury
has
won
this
trophy.
It
is
the
second
time
PNC
has
won
such
a
prestigious
award
at
the
WorldFest
in
Houston.
The
earlier
one
was
for
Jhankaar
Beats
which
won
the
trophy
for
Best
Comedy
Feature
in
2004.
More than 500 international film makers attended the 10 day festival in Houston. The Remi, named after the famous Texan artist Frederick Remington, is the among the festival's most important awards. The festival is the third oldest in North America and one of the most prestigious in the world.
"Saket, Mallika and Rahul made Pyar Ke Side Effects one of last year's most successful movies in India and we are now glad that one of the world's most respected film festivals, one that gave first honours to Spielberg, Lucas, David Lynch, Ang Lee, Ridley Scott, Brian de Palma and the Coen Brothers has chosen to recognize the film, award and validate its cinematic excellence. We are truly honoured," said Pritish Nandy, Chairman, PNC.
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