Adarsh
Gourav,
the
breakout
star
of
The
White
Tiger
is
finding
incredible
amounts
of
international
acclaim.
After
being
nominated
in
the
lead
category
of
the
soon
to
be
held
BAFTA
and
Film
Independent
Spirit
Awards,
the
actor
has
now
been
conferred
with
the
Rising
Star
Award
by
the
Asian
World
Film
Festival.
The
festival
which
took
place
virtually
owing
to
the
pandemic
has
an
illustrious
panel
of
jury
including
Oscar
nominated
producer
Gil
Netter
(Life
of
Pi,
The
Blind
Side),
Oscar
winning
screenwriter
David
Seidler
(The
King's
speech),
award
winning
director
Jean
Marc
Vallee
(Dallas
Buyers
Club,
Big
Little
Lies),
director
Lulu
Wang,
Actress
Lucy
Liu,
director
Tabrez
Noorani
and
several
others.
Adarsh
now
joins
the
likes
of
Justin
Chon,
Awkwafina,
Sareum
Srey
Moch,
who
have
been
the
past
recipients
of
this
award.
Adarsh
has
been
on
a
non
stop
spree
of
accolades
for
his
incredible
portrayal
of
Balram
Halwai
in
the
Netflix
production
which
released
earlier
this
year.
Speaking
of
the
honour,
Adarsh
said,
"I
just
got
the
news
and
I'm
stoked
to
know
the
AWFF
and
the
jury
found
my
work
to
be
the
one
they
found
worthy
enough
to
be
given
this
award.
I'm
grateful
for
this
and
I'm
elated
that
the
esteemed
jury
has
given
me
The
Rising
Star
Award.
It's
been
a
whirlwind
of
emotions
for
me
since
the
release
and
to
find
any
appreciation
coming
my
way
has
been
humbling.
I'm
grateful
that
I
was
given
this
opportunity
to
work
on
this
film
and
embody
this
incredible
role
of
a
lifetime".