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HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | HAPPENINGS 'Kabul Express' wins accolades at Singapore film festival07th Dec 2007 09.00 IST By Agencies Kabul Express , a film that tells the story of two Indian scribes in Afghanistan has won awards and acclaim at the 'Asian Festival of First Films'. The film, directed by Kabir Khan , has bagged awards in the best director and critics choice award categories at the Third AFFF, a release said in Mumbai on Thursday.
Held in Singapore, the only festival of its kind, AFFF honours debutantes and celebrates excellence of '1st time' producers, directors, writers, cinematographers, actors and documentary makers from the Asia-Pacific Diaspora. The critics’ choice award called the Foreign Correspondents Association People Orchid Award was voted by the media persons from 33 countries. The festival in its jury had film aficionados from across the globe including Uma da Cunha (India), Carol Haslam (UK), Gordon Chan (Hong Kong), and Peggy Chiao (Taiwan). The six-day event screened 11 nominated feature films and 10 documentaries for nine category awards. The film which released in December 2006 worldwide to critical acclaim follows an Indian reporter and his cameraman on a road trip in Afghanistan and reflects "commonalities in a country beset by differences". Starring John Abraham and Arshad Warsi from India, American actress Linda Arsenio, Pakistani actor Salman Shaid and Afghan actor Hanif Hum Ghun, the film is based on the personal experiences of director Kabir Khan while shooting documentary films in the post-Taliban Afghanistan. Related Kabul Express Kabir Khan John Abraham Arshad Warsi | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ Mission Istanbul : Movie Review ~ Abhishek Bachchan promises a baby to Aishwarya Rai ~ Sylvester Stallone gifts his 'Rocky' gloves to Sajid Nadiadwala ~ Aamir Khan happy to be associated with Walt Disney ~ Madhuri Dixit gears up to rock US with the Bachchans ~ 'Mission Istanbul' promises adrenalin trip ~ Sylvester Stallone gels with Kareena Kapoor and Akshay Kumar ~ When Vivek Oberoi grooved with Russian chicks ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ 'Taare Zameen Par' DVD to be released today ~ Bollywood lends flavour to festival of India in Switzerland ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Mission Istanbul, Kismat Konnection, Contract, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Love Story 2050, Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic, Sarkar Raj, Aamir, De Taali, Mere Baap Pehle Aap, Jannat, Summer of 2007 , Haal-e-Dil, Bachna Ae Haseeno , Singh Is Kinng , Money Hai Toh Honey Hai , Ugly Aur Pagli MUSIC Kismat Konnection , Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na celebs» the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Sikander Kher | Manjari Fadnis | more... | 
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