‘Sanju’, ‘Newton’ nominated at Australian Academy awards

Filmmakers Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra with actors Diya Mirza, Vicky Kaushal, Ranbir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Paresh Rawal and Manisha Koirala and T-Series MD Bhushan Kumar at the trailer launch of their upcoming film "Sanju".

Indian films “Sanju”, “Newton” and “Gali Guleiyan” have been nominated for the Best Asian Film Award at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)…reports Asian Lite News

Actor Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi and screenwriter Amit Masurkar during a press conference to promote their upcoming film “Newton” in New Delhi.

The Bollywood movies will be in contention with South Korea’s “1987 When The Day Comes”, “The Bold, The Corrupt And The Beautiful” from Taiwan, China’s “Dying To Survive” and “Youth”, Japanese film “Shoplifters” and “Tombiruo” from Malaysia.

A tweet from the official Twitter account of the awards read: “Just announced| The nominees for this year’s Best Asian Film Award are: ‘1987 When The Day Comes’, ‘The Bold, The Corrupt And The Beautiful’, ‘Dying To Survive’, ‘Gali Guleiyan’, ‘Newton’, ‘Sanju’, ‘Shoplifters’, ‘Tombiruo’ and ‘Youth’.”

The winner of the Best Asian Film Award will be determined by the 2018 Best Asian Film Grand Jury, led by Oscar and multiple AFI and AACTA Award-winning actor Russell Crowe, who returns as President.

Also returning as jurors are Indian actors Anupam Kher, Shabana Azmi and Australian film critic, producer and presenter Margaret Pomeranz AM.

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