Wow! Aamir’s ‘Dangal’ wins Best Asian Film at AACTA Awards, Australia

Aamir Khan’s ‘Dangal’ is certainly a film that went on to inspire many and there’s no doubt about it. Recently, the film picked up not one, two or three but 12 honours at the prestigious Screen Awards 2017. And today, there’s yet another good news for the team of the film. The film has won the Best Asian Film trophy at the 7th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards.

Veteran actress Shabana Azmi, who was also a member of the Grand Jury at the festival took to her Twitter handle to share this good news with everyone writing, “DANGAL wins Best Asian Film at AACTA. Congratulations Team Dangal. With Russel Crowe Chairman of the jury. It was a unanimous decision.” She has shared a picture of herself along with Hollywood actor Russell Crowe, who was the chairman of the jury as mentioned by the veteran star. In fact, the official Twitter handle of AACTA Awards has also shared the same on Twitter writing, “The AACTA Award for Best Asian Film presented by PR Asia is DANGAL. #AACTAs.” (Also Read: It’s Rana Daggubati vs Aamir Khan at the box office on Diwali 2018)

Have a look at the tweets shared by Shabana Azmi congratulating team ‘Dangal’ and the announcement from AACTA Awards below:

DANGAL wins Best Asian Film at AACTA. Congratulations Team Dangal. With Russel Crowe Chairman of the jury. It was a unanimous decision 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/xXfixEgT0R

— Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) December 6, 2017

The AACTA Award for Best Asian Film presented by PR Asia is DANGAL. #AACTAs pic.twitter.com/uOZRy4xMXJ

— AACTA (@AACTA) December 6, 2017

Source: Twitter

As many would be aware ‘Dangal’ is inspired by the lives of the Phogat family members, telling the story of wrestler turned coach Mahavir Singh Phogat, who trained his daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari to become India’s wrestling champions.

Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, the film starred Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Zaira Wasim, Sakshi Tanwar and Suhani Bhatnagar playing the lead roles.

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Amod Pandit

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