Happy Birthday, starring actor Anupam and Aahana Kumra, has been directed by Prasad Kadam.
ANI |
UPDATED ON MAY 06, 2021 08:48 PM IST
Actor Anupam Kher won the Best Actor award at the New York City International Film Festival for the short film titled Happy Birthday. The film also bagged the Best Short Film award at the film festival.
Happy Birthday, which was one of the much-anticipated short films of the year, starring actor Anupam and Aahana Kumra was directed by Prasad Kadam and produced by FNP Media.
Talking about this win, Anupam said, “Thank you New York City International Film Festival (NYCIFF) for this great honour. It’s humbling to be declared the Best Actor in this prestigious film festival. The credit goes to the whole young team of ‘Happy Birthday’ and my co-actor Aahana Kumra, thanks to the director Prasad Kadam, and rest team.”
The movie’s co-producer Girish Johar said, “It’s really overwhelming to receive these two awards at an International Film Festival!! Anupam Sir, is a global icon, the more we say, it always falls short. He is pure GENIUS. Ahaana, a nominee for best actress did exceptionally well.
He further continued, “Also Prasad is an extremely talented director and was also nominated for best director! He knows his craft fully and has a great future. He has done wonders and will go places. So excited for receiving this honour with the well knitted Happy Birthday team.”
“This has been a overwhelming news for all of us at FNP Media. Winning 2 awards at a prestigious film festival is a milestone. This is due to the collective efforts of whole team behind this film and indeed this film deserved the award. I am glad to be part of this and we hope to come up with more such films and better films soon. Congratulations to everyone involved.” said Ahmad Faraz, Content Head, FNP Media.
Happy Birthday marked Anupam and Aahana’s second collaboration after featuring in the 2019 movie The Accidental Prime Minister.
Apart from Happy Birthday, Anupam has several other projects in the pipeline including The Last Show, Mungilal Rocks, and The Kashmir Files.
Related Stories
PUBLISHED ON APR 27, 2021 09:36 PM IST
- Anupam Kher did an Instagram live in which he spoke about his wife, actor-politician Kirron Kher’s health update. Earlier this month, he had confirmed that Kirron had been diagnosed with cancer.
PUBLISHED ON APR 18, 2021 06:32 PM IST
Actor Anupam Kher has quit his Hollywood show New Amsterdam and left his fans sad. The actor recently shared that his wife, Kirron Kher has been diagnosed with cancer.
Close
Stay connected with us on social media platform for instant update click here to join our Twitter, & Facebook
We are now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel (@TechiUpdate) and stay updated with the latest Technology headlines.
For all the latest Entertainment News Click Here
For the latest news and updates, follow us on Google News.
Denial of responsibility! NewsAzi is an automatic aggregator around the global media. All the content are available free on Internet. We have just arranged it in one platform for educational purpose only. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the content and do not want us to publish your materials on our website, please contact us by email – [email protected]. The content will be deleted within 24 hours.
