It was India shining at the 8th Annual Asian Film Awards at Macau with Irrfan Khan winning Best Actor for The Lunchbox, beating fancied local contender Tony Leung to the gong. Leung was up for The Grandmaster, Wong Kar-wai’s turgid martial arts epic that clearly demonstrated to the world that the erstwhile grandmaster of Asian cinema has lost the plot. However, locally, Kar-wai still appears to be the flavour and juries blind to the deficiencies of the bloated and senseless film, as the Asian Film Awards rewarded it with no less than seven awards including Best Director for Kar-wai and Best Actress for Zhang Ziyi.
There was further cheer for India with Ritesh Batra winning Best Screenwriter for The Lunchbox. Irrfan said, “I am grateful for the moment which give inspiration to my director and writer to write this script and to write this story.”............
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