Sheer Korma starring Shabana AzmiSwara Bhaskar and Divya Dutta have gained the Best Short Film, Audience Award on the thirty fourth Connecticut LGBT Festival.
The movie’s director Faraz Arif Ansari shared the announcement on Twitter and talked about that Sheer Korma was in competitors with 82 different quick movies and obtained the “highest audience score”.
we gained! 🏆 #sheerakorma Won Best Short Film, Audience Award at thirty fourth Connecticut LGBT Film Festival @OutFilmCT ️
Out of 83 quick movies competing from all over the world, we obtained the very best viewers rating @MARIJKEdeSOUZA @AzmiShabana @ Divyadutt25 @ActuallySwara pic.twitter.com/VxqHRisv5L— Faraz Arif Ansari (@futterwakening) June 29, 2021
Faraz shared in one other tweet, “Many thanks to Shane Engstrom, Festival Co-Director, the entire team at #OutFilmCT and all the viewers who voted for our film! If you’re reading this, please accept our deepest gratitude – thank you!”
Soon after Faraz shared the information, Swara took to Twitter and wrote “OMG.” Divya shared, “Super duper!!”
Just a few days again, Swara had instructed that quickly the movie will premiere in Germany as nicely.
Sheer Korma is doing the rounds of some movie festivals however the movie is but to launch in India.
The movie’s trailer, launched in 2020, exhibits Swara enjoying the function of a Pakistani-Canadian nationwide touring to India together with her boyfriend (Divya Dutta), who identifies as non-binary. Shabana Azmi performs Divya Dutta’s mom, who’s but to agree together with her daughter’s selection.
Shabana Azmi had earlier stated in an announcement, “Divya Dutta recommended the Sheer Korma script to me. I was impressed by it and met Faraz who was sincere, honest and deeply committed to the story.”
Faraz Arif Ansari, who was earlier identified for the movie Sisak, earlier in an announcement stated, “The character Shabana ji in Sheer Korma is just not solely going to resonate with moms everywhere in the world, however about fatherhood. Will additionally open up a a lot wanted dialogue, and never simply with dad and mom of queer youngsters, however a extra common dialogue that I hope will deliver a whole lot of love again to our universe. Shabana ji’s character in Sheer Korma is the mom all of us deserve.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
