Bangkok: Vidya Balan-starrer ‘Tumhari Sulu’, about a housewife who lands a job as a radio jockey, edged out films such as ‘Hindi Medium’ and ‘Newton’ to win the Best Picture Award at the Indian International Film Awards 2018 here.
The award ceremony, held at Bangkok’s Siam Niramit theatre Sunday night, was hosted by director Karan Johar and actor Riteish Deshmukh.
Irrfan Khan, who is currently recuperating from Neuro Endocrine Tumour, was adjudged the Best Actor for his role of a father trying to get his child admitted in a posh English medium school in Delhi. His “Haider” co-star Shraddha Kapoor accepted the award on his behalf.
He was nominated alongside Ranbir Kapoor for ‘Jagga Jasoos’, Adil Hussain for ‘Mukti Bhawan’, Rajkummar Rao for ‘Newton’ and Akshay Kumar for ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’.
Sridevi was posthumously awarded the Best Female Actor for ‘Mom’ and her husband, Boney Kapoor, received the trophy for her. Other nominees included Vidya, Alia Bhatt (Badrinath Ki Dulhania), Zaira Wasim (Secret Superstar) and Bhumi Pednekar (Shubh Mangal Saavdhan).
‘Hindi Medium’ also registered another big win at the awards — the Best Director trophy for Saket Chowdhary. He faced a stiff competition from Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari (Bareilly Ki Barfi), Anurag Basu (Jagga Jasoos), Amit V Masurkar (Newton) and Suresh Triveni (Tumhari Sulu).
Zaira’s co-star from ‘Secret Superstar’ Meher Vij bagged the Best Female Supporting Actor while Nawazzudin Siddiqui won the Best Male Supporting Actor Award for his performance in ‘Mom’.
He received the award from veteran star Rekha and the visibly emotional actor dedicated it to his co-star Sridevi, who tragically passed away in February this year at the age of 54. Continued on P6
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