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Gandhi - My Father Bags APS Award
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By Our Correspondent ©2007 Bollyvista.com |
Anil Kapoor's first film as producer and Feroz Abbas Khan's directed Gandhi My Father won the Best Screenplay Award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. The awards were determined by an international jury headed by Indian actress and humanitarian, Shabana Azmi.
The award ceremony was attended by over 500 film personalities across the globe. Films from India, Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Lebanon, Iran, Turkey and Israel received Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
Speaking on the occasion, International Jury President, Azmi said, "This in an initiative whose time has come, politically and culturally. Many countries in the region have their own national awards but now they have an award that affords the highest honour to filmmakers in over 70 countries."
APSA is an initiative of the Queensland Government in collaboration with CNN International, UNESCO and FIAPF.
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