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'Byari' wins bronze medal at SAARC Film Awards in Colombo

May 22, 2012

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Colombo, May, 22: Indian film Byari bagged the bronze medal in the feature film category at the 2012 SAARC Film Awards while Saving Face, the acclaimed Pakistani movie on victims of acid attacks, has won the best documentary prize.

Byari is the only Indian movie to win accolades at the coveted event. It is the first ever movie to be made in the Byari language. The movie, directed by K P Suveeran and produced by Althaf Hussain, had earlier been adjudged India's Best Film for 2011 along with Marathi film Devool



Saving Face, co-directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, won an Oscar earlier this year. The film chronicles the work of a British-Pakistani plastic surgeon who rebuilds the faces of women disfigured by acid attacks. Pakistani director Mehreen Jabbar's Ramchand Pakistani bagged the silver medal in the feature film category.

During the SAARC Film Awards ceremony held in Colombo last night, Pakistan bagged its first award for Saving Face.

The award for best actor was shared by Pakistani actors Manzar Sehbai and Rashid Farooqi for their roles in the feature films Bol and Ramchand Pakistani, respectively.

The best feature film trophy was awarded to Sri Lanka's Akasa Kusum directed by Prasanna Vithanage. The film depicts the golden age of cinema as seen through the memories of an ageing actress.

The runner-up award in the documentary category was bagged by Sri Lanka's The Great School Teacher directed by Mayri Wanaguru. The best actress award went to Sri Lanka's Malini Fonseka for her role in Akasa Kusum while Bangladesh's Morshedul Islam won the best director award for Khelaghar.

The SAARC Film Festival attracted nominations from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the Maldives and Sri Lanka. Well-known film directors from Singapore, Iran and Russia were adjudicators for the film awards. The competition this year was held for two categories feature and documentary films.

Directors of some of the nominated films from Bangladesh, India and the Maldives attended the festival, which included a workshop on "Film vs digital the impending extinction of the celluloid cinema and the challenges ahead.

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