Manoj Bajpayee, Naseeruddin Shah, Hansal Mehta Win Big At Asian Academy Creative Awards 2021
Actors Manoj Bajpayee, Naseeruddin Shah, Konkana Sen Sharma and filmmaker Hansal Mehta have bagged the top honours at the Asian Academy Creative Awards 2021
Actors
Manoj
Bajpayee,
Naseeruddin
Shah,
Konkana
Sen
Sharma
and
filmmaker
Hansal
Mehta
have
bagged
the
top
honours
at
the
Asian
Academy
Creative
Awards
2021.
The
awards
gala,
held
on
Thursday
and
Friday
in
Singapore,
honoured
people
in
the
creative
field
working
across
various
platforms
from
different
countries
of
the
Asia-Pacific
region.
From
India,
Bajpayee
bagged
the
best
actor
award
for
his
nuanced
performance
of
Srikant
Tiwari
in
Amazon
Prime
Video
series
“The
Family
Man
2”.
Sen
Sharma
won
best
actress
award
for
her
portrayal
of
Bharti
Mondal
in
"Geeli
Puchhi" segment
of
Netflix
anthology
“Ajeeb
Daastaans".
Mehta
registered
two
wins
with
his
hit
show
"Scam
1992"
--
best
drama
series
and
best
direction.
The
crime
drama
series,
featuring
Pratik
Gandhi
in
the
lead
role,
is
based
on
the
1992
Harshad
Mehta
stock
market
scam.
Taking
to
Twitter,
Mehta
thanked
his
entire
team
of
“Scam
1992”.
"Two
awards
for
#Scam1992
in
the
#AsianAcademyCreativeAwards,
India
for
Best
Drama
Series
and
Best
Direction.
We
now
go
on
to
represent
India
at
the
Grand
Finale
in
December.
Thank
you
amazing
team
#Scam1992,
my
co-director,
and
son
@JaiHMehta
@nairsameer
@ApplauseSocial
@SonyLIV," he
wrote.
Shah
was
honoured
with
best
supporting
actor
for
Amazon
Prime
Video
series
"Bandish
Bandits",
in
which
he
played
a
veteran
classical
musician.
Amazon
original
"Mirzapur"
season
two
won
in
the
best
original
programme
by
a
streamer/OTT
category.
The
show's
creator
Puneet
Krishna
dedicated
the
award
to
actor
Bramhaswaroop
Mishra,
who
was
found
dead
in
his
flat
in
suburban
Versova
on
Thursday
afternoon.
He
played
the
role
of
Lalit
in
the
show.
"A
heartfelt
thanks
to
every
actor
and
every
person
working
extremely
hard
behind
the
camera
to
make
Mirzapur
a
memorable
viewing
experience
for
the
audiences.
Thank
you,
Asian
Academy
Creative
Awards,
for
recognizing
our
efforts.
"We
would
like
to
dedicate
this
award
to
Brahma
Mishra,
one
of
the
most
talented
actors
that
we
have
worked
with,
and
only
wish
that
he
was
here
to
share
this
moment
with
us,"
Krishna
said
in
a
statement.
Amruta
Subhash
was
awarded
best
actress
in
supporting
role
category
for
playing
Lily,
a
bar
dancer
in,
"Bombay
Begums".
"My
First
International
Award!Thank
you
to
my
team,”
Subhash
wrote
on
Twitter.
Filmmaker
Umesh
Bisht's
"Pagglait"
also
bagged
two
awards
--the
best
original
screenplay
and
the
best
sound
awards.