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Mumbai: The famous Indian actor Irrfan Khan was named laureate of a special Icon Award at the closing ceremony of the London Indian Film Festival (LIFF)
Khan, who is undergoing medical treatment in London, accepted the award privately after two of his films were screened at this year's festival "Doob: No Bed of Roses" by Mostafa Sarwar Farooki and "Song of Scorpions" by Anup Singh.
A second Icon Award, sponsored by Sun Mark, went to the actor Manoj Bajpayee who attended this year's festival with his films "Gali Guliyan" and "Love Sonia".
"Getting this award at this prestigious film festival, C is definitely a matter of privilege for me, also in London, the city I love the most," says Bajpayee.
" An actor is always doing, it's a process that we follow and who gets this honor I think these films often do justice to the cinema, where creativity is at its peak ", he added.
The Outstanding Contribution Award was presented to Richa Chadha, star of this year's opening night. "When you say Indian movies, people badume that it's just Bollywood and that's wrong, we have independent films, which survive the onslaught of nexus, and festivals like LIFF help us make the sound good at home, so these movies sta The film festival, supported by the UK-based Bagri Foundation, is in its ninth year as the largest European platform for independent cinema of the under -continent indian
] The British comedy "Eaten By Lions" won the first prize of this year, voted by the public.The director Jason Wingard describes the film as a "modern and relevant comedy dealing with contemporary problems such as Diversity and Disability. "
The annual Satyajit Ray Short Film Award, worth £ 1,000, goes to Indo-German co-production" The Peanut Seller "
Cary Rajinder Sawhney, Director LIFF program, said: "We are delighted that despite a UK heat wave and World Cup football, the festival has attracted so many Indian and non-Indian moviegoers this year
"This shows that there is a real thirst for this kind of independent cinema showing more real images of India. "
The festival closed in London at BFI Southbank on Friday and simultaneously in Birmingham with the Canadian comedy "Venus".
For the first time this year, the festival extended its reach to Manchester, where it will close with the rustic tale "Rockstars Village" on Sunday.
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