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Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt starrer Gully Boy wins Best Film from India award at Asian Academy Creative Awards

17 Oct 2019

Long after its release, Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt s Gully Boy is still winning hearts. A screening of the film was recently hosted in Los Angeles, jointly by Priyanka Chopra and Amazon Studios, and garnered great response. In the recently held Asian Academy Creative Awards ceremony, it walked away with the award of the Best Film from India in the regional finals. Revolving around the street rappers of Mumbai and how this specific form of music is often an instrument of expression in their lives, the film is being appreciated for its content globally. Farhan Akhtar took to Twitter to congratulate sister Zoya Akhtar and team. # GullyBoy wins best film from India in the regional finals of the Asian Academy Creative Awards. Congratulations team, he wrote. https://twitter.com/hashtag/GullyBoy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw #GullyBoy wins best film from India in the regional finals of the Asian Academy Creative Awards. ????????????Congratulations team. https://twitter.com/hashtag/ZoyaAkhtar?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw #ZoyaAkhtar https://twitter.com/ritesh_sid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw @ritesh_sid https://twitter.com/kagtireema?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw @kagtireema https://twitter.com/RanveerOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw @RanveerOfficial https://twitter.com/aliaa08?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw @aliaa08 https://twitter.com/AsianAcademyCr1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw @AsianAcademyCr1 Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) https://twitter.com/FarOutAkhtar/status/1184769800234389505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw October 17, 2019 Gully Boy , also starring Kalki Koechlin , Vijay Raaz and Vijay Varma in pivotal roles,also marked the Bollywood debut of Siddhant Chaturvedi. Siddhant,who played budding rapper MC Sher, received praise in gallons for a splendid performance. The film is also Indias official entry to Oscars 2020. It was contending with over 20 Hindi and regional films, including Andhadhun Article 15 and Sonchiriya.