*'Jodhaa Akbar' nominated for BAFTA award*By Agencies
Fri, Dec 12, 2008 10:30 IST
*Jodhaa Akbar* http://www.apunkachoice.com/dyn/movies/hindi/jodhaa_akbar/*,
one of the biggest Bollywood hits of this year, has been nominated at
BAFTA awards in London.
*The movie, starring Aishwarya
Raihttp://www.apunkachoice.com/celebrities/aishwarya_rai/and Hrithik
Roshan http://www.apunkachoice.com/celebrities/hrithik_roshan/ , has been
nominated in the Best Foreign film category of the British Academy of Film
and Television Arts awards.
If 'Jodhaa Akbar' wins this award, it will be yet another honour for the
magnum opus after the honours it received at the Sao Paulo film festival and
the Golden Mibar festival in Kazan, Russia, said director Ashutosh
Gowarikarhttp://www.apunkachoice.com/celebrities/ashutosh_gowarikar/,
who is currently shooting for What's
Your
Raashihttp://www.apunkachoice.com/dyn/movies/hindi/what_s_your_raashi/with
Priyanka
Chopra http://www.apunkachoice.com/celebrities/priyanka_chopra/ and Harman
Baweja http://www.apunkachoice.com/celebrities/harman_baweja/ .
He said noted film critic Mike Goodridge of Screen International has
conveyed his appreciation for the movie by saying, I loved it; I could have
easily watched another hour!
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The final nominations list for the BAFTA awards will be announced on January
15 with the ceremony itself being staged at the Royal Opera house in London
on February 8.
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