Busan International Film Festival: Sanjay Leela Bhansali Heeramandi He gets two nominations

Sanjay Leela Bhansali Series Heeramandi: the diamond bazaar received two nominations at the upcoming Asia Contents Awards and Global OTT Awards hosted by the Busan International Film Festival.

Set in the pre-independence period of India, Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar The film began streaming on Netflix on May 1 and stars Manisha Koirala, Sharmin Segal, Aditi Rao Hydari, Sonakshi Sinha, Richa Chadha and Sanjeeda Sheikh. The actresses played courtesans and the plot revolves around their lives in the red-light district of Heeramandi in Lahore during British rule.

Following the success of the series, the creators announced the second season. The show received a nomination at the Asia Contents Awards and Global OTT Awards for Best OTT Original and Best Original Song. Ban on Sakal.

“It is an honour to have been nominated for the Asia Contents Awards. I am grateful to the jury and the audience for this incredible recognition,” Bhansali said in a statement.

Other contenders in the Best OTT Original category include Korean series “Boyhood,” Korean fantasy mystery thriller “Death’s Game,” popular Chinese series “The Double,” Taiwanese crime comedy series “GG Precinct,” and Korean period drama “Uncle Samsik” (2024).

In the Best Original Song category, the other nominees are “Learn to Live Again” from the Taiwanese series “Imperfect Us” (2024), “Sonaki” from the hit Korean series “Lovely Runner” and “Let's Try” from the Thai series “Only Friends”.

In 2024, the awards received a total of 201 submissions from 16 countries. In addition, 41 works from 10 countries were selected as final nominees in 11 competitive categories.

Other nominations for the upcoming Asia Contents Awards and Global OTT Awards are for Wong Kar-wai's Chinese drama “Blossoms Shanghai” (2023), Kamila Andini and Ifa Isfansyah's Indonesian series “Cigarette Girl” (2023), Lee Jae-kyoo and Kim Nam-su's Korean drama “Daily Dose of Sunshine,” Thai series “Enigma,” Korean drama “A Killer Paradox” and Japanese drama “VIVANT.”

For Best Asian Content, the nominations are for series “1286,” “Imperfect Us,” “Imperfect Victim,” Singaporean show “The Last Bout,” Japanese drama “SHUT UP” and Chinese series “To the Wonder.”

The 2024 Asia Contents Awards and Global OTT Awards ceremony will be held at the BIFF theatre at Busan Cinema Center in South Korea on October 6. The final winners will be decided by the jury consisting of seven international jurors including Hidetoshi Nishijima, Alice Ko, Baek Mi Kyoung, An Eunmi, Matsuba Naohiko, Max Michael and Ellen YD Kim.