Bollywood's Vidya Balan to compete with Pakistan's Humaima Malik

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Bollywood's Vidya Balan to compete with Pakistan's Humaima Malik

Dawn.com Published October 12, 2012

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(L-R) Humaima Mallick (Photographer: Haseeb Siddiqui) and Vidya Balan (Dirty Picture Stills).

Bollywood actor Vidya Balan's dare bare show in The Dirty Picture has bagged her a nomination in the best actress category at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSAs), for which our very own Humaima Malikis also in competition for her role in Bol.

Vidya played southern actor Silk Smitha in the Ekta Kapoor produced movie, which won her accolades. Humaima essayed the part of a strong woman who combats patriarchal society in Bol.

According to TOI: They are competing alongside names like Korean actress Cho Min-soo (Pieta), Russian actress Darya Ekamasova (Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman) and Philippenes-based Nora Aunor (Thy Womb), according to the official APSA website.

India has other nominations too at the APSAs, scheduled in Brisbane Nov 23.

Acclaimed filmmaker Anurag Kashyap stands a chance to win the prize for achievement in direction for his crime thriller Gangs Of Wasseypur, and Manoj Bajpayee is nominated in the best actor category for the same movie.

The Children's Film Society of India's Gattu, about a nine-year-old street boy obsessed with flying kites, is nominated in the best children's feature film.

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varuntripathi

Oct 12, 2012 02:26pm

BOTH actors are good but VIDYA is better.she can get this award for other movies also like kahani

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BEA

Oct 12, 2012 06:21pm

i have seen Vidya in a few films she was good so i think she should be the one to get the award.

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Masood Hussain

Oct 12, 2012 01:50pm

Pleasing to read that a Pkistani girl is competing for award,more so because Film Industry does not exist in Pakistan.

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Oct 12, 2012 02:53pm

Good Luck Humaima. It was a pleasure watching you in Bol.

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