The nominations for the International Emmy Awards are out and from India, actors Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Vir Das along with Sushmita Sen-starrer series 바카라˜Aarya바카라™ have bagged a place. The International Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences announced the news a little while ago.
Siddiqui had received a lot of applause for his Netflix film 바카라˜Serious Men바카라™. He has been nominated in the best performance by an actor category for that. He is pitted against British star David Tennant (바카라˜Des바카라™) as well as actors Roy Nik of Israel (바카라˜Normali바카라™) and Christian Tappan of Colombia (바카라˜El Robo del Siglo바카라™ or 바카라˜The Great Heist바카라™). 바카라˜Serious Men바카라™ was directed by Sudhir Mishra. It was an adaptation of author Manu Joseph's 2010 novel of the same name. It chronicled the story of an ambitious underachiever who capitalised on his son's newfound fame as a boy-genius to improve his family바카라™s fortunes. The film offered a stark commentary on caste discrimination and upper class privilege through its protagonist Ayyan Mani (Siddiqui), a Tamil Dalit, who keeps challenging the system which has oppressed people for generations.
Sen's Disney+ Hotstar series 바카라˜Aarya바카라™, directed by Ram Madhvani, has made it to the final four of the best drama series category. The show is nominated alongside Chile's 바카라˜El Presidente바카라™, Israel's 바카라˜Tehran바카라™ and the UK show 바카라˜There She Goes바카라™ season two. 바카라˜Aarya바카라™ is an official remake of the popular Dutch crime-drama 바카라˜Penoza바카라™. The Indian adaptation revolved around Aarya Sareen, played by Sen, a happily married woman whose world turns upside down when her husband, pharma baron Tej Sareen (Chandrachur Singh) is shot. Created by Ram Madhvani and Sandeep Modi, 바카라˜Aarya바카라™ went on to garner acclaim after its debut in June last year. The team is currently working on its second season.
Das' Netflix comedy special 바카라˜Vir Das: For India바카라™ has been nominated in the comedy segment along with popular French show 바카라˜Call My Agent바카라™, UK's 바카라˜Motherland: Christmas Special바카라™ and Colombia series 바카라˜Promesas de Campana바카라™. The special, which was Das' third with Netflix, and it was released in January 2020.
The comedian celebrated the moment in a post on Instagram. "Umm...I think I just got nominated for the #internationalemmyawards uh... @weirdasscomedy Holy S**t @netflixisajoke @netflix_in" he posted alongside a photo of the nominations list. Das said he is honoured to be nominated at the International Emmy Awards. "... but I'm just so happy it's for a show about my culture, and my people and how funny we are. The special was my love letter to India and this is just unbelievable," the actor-comic said in a statement.
The winners for 2021 International Emmy Awards will be announced during an in-person ceremony, to be held in New York City on November 22.
India's three nominations comes a year after India registered a strong performance at the 48th International Emmy Awards with filmmaker Richie Mehta's 바카라˜Delhi Crime바카라™ winning the best drama series honour in November 2020. Two other Emmy nominations from India included Amazon Prime Video's 바카라˜Four More Shots바카라™ and actor Arjun Mathur for his role in drama 바카라˜Made in Heaven바카라™ in the best comedy and actor categories respectively.
[With Inputs From PTI]
