Ishaan wins best actor award

Ishaan Khatter was named the best actor for his debut film Beyond The Clouds at the International Bosphorus Film Festival in Turkey. The actor dedicated the accolade to his mother and actress Neelima Azeem, and Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi.

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“This is an absolute honour. My mother is here in the audience - everything I earn from my work will always, first and foremost, be dedicated to you. Thank you for giving me the gift of life and art. Firstly (for this piece of work) the award goes out to Majid Majidi — the masterful, wonderful, absolute legend of a man... who trusted me and gave me this film as my first leading performance,” Ishaan said after receiving the award.

“Thank you sir and I will forever be indebted to you for that. I have to thank the cast and crew of this movie, we did this together. Malavika Mohanan — you and I will always share this experience. And thank you to Shareen, our producer. Thank you all,” he added. 

Majidi’s maiden India-set project Beyond The Clouds, which celebrates the triumph and adoration of life against a Mumbai backdrop, was screened at the International Bosphorus Film Festival in Istanbul, and was competing as part of the International Feature Film Category. Hassan Hassandoost won the Best Editing award for the movie. —IANS