Adarsh Gourav Receives The Prestigious Asian World Film Festival; Bags Rising Star Award For Oscar-Nominated Film The White Tiger
Adarsh Gourav, the breakout star of The White Tiger is finding incredible amounts of international acclaim. The actor has been conferred with the Rising Star Award by the Asian World Film Festival for his performance in the Netflix film
Adarsh Gourav, the breakout star of The White Tiger is finding incredible amounts of international acclaim. After being nominated in the lead category of the soon to be held BAFTA and Film Independent Spirit Awards, the actor has now been conferred with the Rising Star Award by the Asian World Film Festival. The festival which took place virtually owing to the pandemic has an illustrious panel of the jury including Oscar-nominated producer Gil Netter (Life of Pi, The Blind Side), Oscar-winning screenwriter David Seidler (The King’s speech), award-winning director Jean-Marc Vallee (Dallas Buyers Club, Big Little Lies), director Lulu Wang, Actress Lucy Liu, director Tabrez Noorani and several others.
Speaking of the honour, Adarsh said, “I just got the news and I’m stoked to know the AWFF and the jury found my work to be the one they found worthy enough to be given this award. I’m grateful for this and I’m elated that the esteemed jury has given me The Rising Star Award. It’s been a whirlwind of emotions for me since the release and to find any appreciation coming my way has been humbling. I’m grateful that I was given this opportunity to work on this film and embody this incredible role of a lifetime”.
Adarsh now joined the likes of Justin Chon, Awkwafina, Sareum Srey Moch, who have been the past recipients of this award. Adarsh has been on a non-stop spree of accolades for his incredible portrayal of Balram Halwai in the Netflix production which released earlier this year.
Meanwhile, Netflix film The White Tiger bagged an Oscar nomination recently. Talking about The White Tiger, it stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Rajkummar Rao and Adarsh Gourav. Also Read: The White Tiger Bags An Oscar Nomination; Priyanka Chopra, Rajkummar Rao And Adarsh Gourav Are Excited And How
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