OSO, TZP, Mahek nominated for top honours at APSA

Farah Khan’s blockbuster Om Shanti Om, Aamir Khan’s directorial debut Taare Zameen Par and Kranti Kanade’s Mahek have been nominated for top awards at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, 2008.

In the individual categories, actor-director Rajat Kapoor has been nominated in the Best Actor category for his performance in Pryas Gupte’s The Prisoner (he won the best actor award at the 10th Osian’s Cinefan this year for this film), while Kiiran Deohans has been nominated in the Achievement in Cinematography category for his work in Jodhaa Akbar.

Here are all the nominations - and as one goes through them, one realises the formidable competition OSO is up against! - Three Monkeys (Nuri Bilge Ceylan), Sparrow (Johnnie To) and Tulpan (Sergei Dvortsevoy).

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“The Red Awn” (Hong Se Kang Bai Yin) Cai Shangjun (China)

“Sparrow” (Man Jeuk) Johnnie To (Hong Kong)

“Om Shanti Om” Farah Khan (India)

“Tulpan” Sergei …


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