Best Director Award Goes To Bollywood Star
06 December 2006
Best Director Award Goes To Bollywood Star
Bollywood filmmaker VISHAL BHARDWAJ has been named Best Director at the 30th Cairo Film Festival in the Egyptian capital.
Indian art-house director Bhardwaj triumphed with his second big-screen William Shakespeare adaptation OMKARA, which is based on Othello. The movie is to be screened at a further six international film festivals.
Bhardwaj's first Shakespearean outing was 2003's MAQBOOL, a modern-day Mumbai (Bombay)-based adaptation of Macbeth.
Indian art-house director Bhardwaj triumphed with his second big-screen William Shakespeare adaptation OMKARA, which is based on Othello. The movie is to be screened at a further six international film festivals.
Bhardwaj's first Shakespearean outing was 2003's MAQBOOL, a modern-day Mumbai (Bombay)-based adaptation of Macbeth.
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