Actor
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui
will
soon
be
honored
with
the
Lesley
Ho
Asian
Film
Talent
Award
at
the
Singapore
International
Film
Festival
(SGIFF).
The
actor
will
be
receiving
the
prestigious
award
for
his
work
in
the
Emmy
nominated
Netflix
original
series
Sacred
Games.
The
actor
is
well
known
for
his
stellar
performances
and
is
no
stranger
to
international
recognition.
He
was
recently
honored
with
the
Golden
Dragon
Award
at
the
Cardiff
International
Film
Festival
for
excellence
in
cinema
in
the
International
market.
The
Gangs
of
Wasseypur
star
over
the
years
has
proved
his
mantle
in
a
number
of
critically
acclaimed
movies
such
as
Manto
and
the
Lunchbox
and
is
undoubtedly
one
of
the
finest
actors
of
the
Hindi
film
industry.
The
30th
edition
of
the
Singapore
International
Film
Festival
will
be
held
between
November
21
and
December
8,
2019.
The
actor
will
be
bestowed
with
the
Lesley
Ho
Asian
Film
Talent
Award
on
November
23
in
a
big
ceremony.
Nawaz
will
also
take
part
in
an
interactive
session
with
the
guests
at
the
film
festival.
Organized
as
part
of
the
sixth
Singapore
Media
Festival
(SMF),
the
line-up
of
SGIFF
will
include
a
focus
on
Southeast
Asian
cinema.
Indian
filmmaker
Gitanjali
Rao's
animated
feature
film
Bombay
Rose
will
compete
in
SGIFF’s
Asian
Feature
Film
Competition.
Indian
filmmaker
Anurag
Kashyap
will
also
be
a
panelist
for
The
Future
of
Cinema
Forum.
Besides
the
second
season
of
Sacred
Games,
Siddiqui
has
had
an
eventful
2019
with
a
slew
of
releases
and
well-received
performances
in
movies
such
as
Thackeray,
Photograph
and
Roam
Rome
Mein
respectively.
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui
will
next
be
seen
on
the
silver
screen
in
Motichoor
Chaknachoor
opposite
Athiya
Shetty.
The
movie
is
slated
to
hit
the
silver
screens
on
November
15,
2019.