Dhanush Wins Best Actor Award For 'Asuran' At BRICS Film Festival, Calls It An Absolute Honour

Dhanush's earnest and stellar performance recently made him win a National Award. At the BRICS Film Festival, he fetched another Best Actor trophy for the film. Directed by Vetrimaaran, the film had won three National Awards only recently.

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Taking to Twitter, Dhanush called his win an absolute honour.

An absolute honour ??? pic.twitter.com/DBPo5mTJGV

¡ª Dhanush (@dhanushkraja) November 28, 2021

While Dhanush was adjudged the best actor, Lara Boldorini was awarded the Best Actor (female) at the festival for her performance in the Brazilian film On Wheels.

#IFFIAwards

Lara Boldorini is awarded the Best Actor (female) in #BRICS Film Festival, conducted alongside #IFFI52, for the Brazilian film 'On Wheels' pic.twitter.com/eJB2gEStXF

¡ª PIB India (@PIB_India) November 28, 2021

The Best Film Award was shared by two films - South African film Barakat and the Russian film The Sun Above Me Never Sets. While 'Barakat' has been directed by Amy Jephta, the Russian film has been directed by Lyubov Borisova.

Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting Shri @ianuragthakur honours Russian Film ¡®The Sun Above Me Never Sets¡¯ and South African film ¡®Barakat¡¯ as joint winners of ¡®BRICS Best Film¡¯ at the IFFI 2021 in Goa.#IFFI2021 #AmritMahotsav pic.twitter.com/3S5RO3NyRv

¡ª Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (@MIB_India) November 28, 2021

For the unversed, also starring Manju Warrior, Asuran is based on Poomani's novel titled Vekkai. The film was screened at the 78th Golden Globe Awards under the Best Foreign Film Category.

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