I t's going to be an interesting clash. Hrithik RoshanFarhan Akhtar starrer, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, is competing in the Best Film category at the Asian Film Awards with Hollywood star Christian Bale's The Flowers Of War, among other films that garnered acclaim last year.
Besides competing in the Best Film category, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara will also vie for trophies in other categories such as Best Production Design and Best Editor. The film's co-producer Ritesh Sidhwani, while confirming the news, calls it "exciting". "It's very satisfying to see that after doing so well at the box-office in India, our film is getting critical acclaim alongside other great films," says Sidhwani, who produced the film with Farhan under their production banner, Excel Entertainment. Farhan's sister Zoya directed the film that has already lapped up multiple trophies at Filmfare, Apsara and Zee Cine Awards.
Asian Film Awards also has movies like Japan's Postcard and Taiwan's Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale competing in the Best Film category. Besides being the Chinese entry for Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Oscars, The Flowers of War also received a nomination for the 69th Golden Globe Awards.
While Zindagi Na... is about a road trip taken by three friends, played by It's satisfying to see that after doing so well at the box-office in India, our film is getting critical acclaim.
-Ritesh Sidhwani s. Hrithik, Farhan and Abhay Deol, The Flowers of War is a Chinese historical drama. It is set in 1937, Nanjing, China, at the time of the second e Sino-Japanese War.
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totally well deserved and hope the film will win 👏
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