SCOOP!! & NEWS Shabana Azmi honored in Canada20th Apr 2005 17.10 IST By IANS Indian actress Shabana Azmi was presented with the Award of Excellence at the ReelWorld Film Festival at Toronto, Canada, in recognition of her contribution to the independent film industry. Speaking to IANS after receiving the award Sunday, Shabana said, “Winning an award is a happy thing for an actor. You know when your work is recognized, it becomes even more meaningful.” 
The actress, who has given powerful performances in several offbeat films, described as “very liberating” the new trend catching on in Indian cinema where it’s becoming commercially viable to make niche films. “What is interesting is that actors are getting braver and more courageous and doing films that might not necessarily be commercially successful,” she said. Shabana's ‘Morning Raga’, in which she plays the leading role, was screened at the festival. Asked what she thought about Indian diaspora filmmakers going to India to make films, Shabana said it was “wonderful”. “That's how markets should grow and that's the power of commerce. Because, what it will do is, it will give employment to people of India. Let them come for that. And then they discover to their surprise that there is also high-level technical expertise and directing talents available in India.” The festival was founded by actress Tonya Lee Williams who is best known for her role as Dr. Olivia Winters in the soap opera ‘The Young and the Restless’. | ALSO READ scoop ~ Finally, Shahrukh Khan mil gaya ~ Katrina Kaif faces identity crisis! ~ Salman Khan’s 'Veer' not shelved! ~ Shilpa Shetty perfect for Bond girl: Daniel Craig ~ Kareena Kapoor plans holiday in the Alps ~ I play a passionate, sensual girl in 'Rang Rasiya': Nandana Sen ~ Who's the hottest Bond girl? ~ The miracle that got Hrithik Roshan dancing! ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Shilpa Shetty injures her wrist ~ Amitabh Bachchan returns to action ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > Halloween, New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Dostana, Dasvidaniya, Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi, EMI, Golmaal Returns, Fashion, Heroes, Roadside Romeo, Kidnap, Drona, Yuvvraaj , Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , Horn Ok Pleassss , Aashayein MUSIC Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , Yuvvraaj celebs » wallpapers » 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 | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Koel Purie | Shahana Goswami | Adah Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Anushka Sharma | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Vidya Malvade | Malaika Arora | Shweta Kumar | | more... | 
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