Monday, October 27, 2014

Shahid's "Haider" wins People's Choice award

Shahid Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor starrer "Haider" which got released on Oct 2nd garnered rave reviews from critics and audience.  Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj Haider is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy 'Hamlet'. Now the latest news is that 'Haider' has bagged the People’s Choice Award in the Mondo Genre (World Genre) at the Rome Film Festival.  And this is the very first time any Indian film has been awarded that title. Shahid Kapoor tweeted about the award and wrote "People’s choice in the main category at the Rome film festival .. A first for an Indian film . #haider . Proud and humbled".

Shraddha Kapoor, who played her part beautifully in Haider, was ecstatic to hear the news. Shraddha tweeted,”We WON! #Haider - the 1st Indian film to win the main category of people’s choice award at Rome film festival! So humbled, grateful & proud!”

"Haider" has been one of the finest Vishal Bhardwaj films and the performance of the lead actors including Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha, Tabu and Kay Kay Menon was critically appreciated. 

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