LAHORE: Actor Arif Hassan of the movie ‘Zindagi Tamasha’ has bagged the best actor award at the 6th Annual Asian World Film Festival.
Actor Arif Hassan essayed the lead role of Rahat Khawaja in ‘Zindagi Tamasha’, received the Snow Leopard Award for Best Actor during the award ceremony earlier this week which was presented by Jury member Joanne Goh. In this regard, Pakistani writer Muhammad Hanif turned to Twitter to extend his felicitations while still playing a little safe.
Congratulations to makers of Zindagi Tamasha. Not tagging them as still scared for them. Not saying FU to those who stopped its release cos still scared of them. https://t.co/siPydwRYa6
— Mohammed Hanif (@mohammedhanif) March 18, 2021
“Congratulations to makers of Zindagi Tamasha. Not tagging them as still scared for them. Not saying [expletive] to those who stopped its release cos still scared of them,” he wrote.
Directed and co-produced by Sarmad Khoosat, Zindagi Tamasha was shot in Lahore. Sarmad Khoosat’s movie ‘Zindagi Tamasha’ is written by Nirmal Bano. It features Arif Hassan, Eman Suleman, Samiya Mumtaz, and Ali Kureshi.
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The film has stoked controversy when its trailer was released and was shunned by the censor board. The film was supposed to be released in cinemas on 24th January 2020 but the government stopped screening by protest from a religious party.
The government decided that the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) would be consulted to determine if the film was suitable for public exhibition. In July, the Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights approved the long-awaited and dismissed the objections raised against the film.
