Mahima Gupta 
Zoya Akhtar wins Best Asian Film Award at BIFAN
Zoya Akhtar‘s ‘Gully Boy’ received a lot of appreciation and love from all the quarters. The performances by each and every actor in the film were praised by the audience and critics as well.
Gully Boy received the Best Asian Film award for it at Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN). She was also bestowed with the NETPAC award for her latest directorial venture Gully Boy as the Best Asian Film this year.
NETPAC Jury Committee, comprised of NETPAC members and film professionals, select the best Asian Film from World Fantastic Blue section, which features newer genres and varied stories of comedy, fantasy and drama. The announcement was done right after the festival, post the ceremony and the fans are elated over this!
The film stars Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt in the lead roles and was featured under newer genres and varied stories of comedy, fantasy and drama. Akhtar says she is grateful for the recognition, saying, “When we make films we hope as many people see them. We hope the story travels far and wide because in doing so it only makes the world smaller. We see the differences. We experience cultures unlike ours and understanding these differences bring us closer.”
“We see similarities, we see the common ground of humanity and we recognise our own spirit in another which also brings us closer. To have ‘Gully Boy’ recognised by BIFAN and by NETPAC is such a tremendous honour. One that me and my crew will always be grateful for,” Akhtar said in a statement.
Zoya’s father and lyricist, Javed Akhtar took to Twitter to acknowledging her accomplishment and wrote, “I am sure that fellow Indians will be happy and proud to know that my daughter Zoya Akhtar who is a well-known writer-director has been offered the membership of Oscar Academy which is rare honour.”
I am sure that fellow Indians will be happy and proud to know that my daughter Zoya Akhtar who is a well known writer- director has been offered the membership of Oscar academy which is rare honour .
— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) July 2, 2019
Her brother and fellow filmmaker Farhan Akhtar also congratulated her by tweeting, “Congratulations Zoya Akhtar .. well deserved .. happy for you and proud of you.”
??? zoieakhtar ❤️ Congratulations to all members of the #GullyBoy cast and crew. https://t.co/YBWPc3UiB8
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) July 8, 2019
Many more tweets came along with them congratulating Zoya Akhtar for her achievement :
Congretulations #gullyboy team and@RanveerOfficial and @aliaa08
Ye meri 2019 ke or ranveer singh ki fev. Movie h pic.twitter.com/jvLgdWrAGY— Sajid Khan bhaijaan (@SajidKh03865017) July 9, 2019
Congratulations team #GullyBoy @RanveerOfficial @aliaa08 pic.twitter.com/ziTs4RLAzJ
— Padheriya Vishal (@PadheriyaVishal) July 9, 2019
GullyBoy wins the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) 2019@RanveerOfficial @aliaa08 @ritesh_sid #ZoyaAkhtar @FarOutAkhtar @tigerbabyindia @SiddhantChturvD @kalkikanmani @MrVijayVarma pic.twitter.com/CMfoBwZc9M
— Excel Entertainment (@excelmovies) July 8, 2019
