[Assam] Seema Biswas

[Chan Mahanta]

Hearty congratulations to Seema Biswas.

Thanks for sharing the news of the award Utpal.

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At 7:40 PM +0000 3/17/06, utpal borpujari wrote:
>A proud moment for Assam :
>
>
><http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/mar172006/update134002006317.asp>http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/mar172006/update134002006317.asp
>Seema Biswas wins top Canadian film award for 'Water' From Utpal Borpujari
>DH News Service New Delhi:
>Seema Biswas has won the Best Actress Genie at 
>Canada’s National Film Awards for her 
>performance in Deepa Mehta’s Water.
>
>This is perhaps the first time that an Indian 
>has won the best actress honour at a national 
>film awards competition! in another country. 
>Water was nominated in eight categories, 
>including best picture and best director, but 
>this is the only award it won.
>
>Ms Biswas, who was informed about the award by 
>Ms Mehta and the film’s producer David Hamilton 
>from Canada, told Deccan Herald: “The nomination 
>itself was a big surprise and honour for me as 
>mine was not a major role in the film, and the 
>award has come as an even bigger surprise.”
>
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>
>Ms Biswas, who is currently shooting in Chennai 
>with Sharath Kumar for the Balaji-directed Tamil 
>Film Talaimagan, which is the 100th home 
>production of the Sharath Kumar-Radhika duo, was 
>declared the winner at the Academy of Canadian 
>Cinema & Television 2005 Genie Awards ceremony 
>held in Toronto on Monday.
>
>“Nobody here seems to know about it, and I am 
>getting calls from my mother and sister in Assam 
>asking me why no TV channel has aired the news 
>yet,” the actress told over telephone. The award 
>was received on her behalf by Lisa Ray, who has 
>a major role in Water.
>
>Ms Biswas, who first shot to fame through the 
>title role in Shekhar Kapoor’s Bandit Queen, 
>which fetched her the Best Actress award at the 
>National Film Awards in the late 1990s, is also 
>shooting for Sooraj Barjatya’s latest 
>directorial venture Vivaha.
>
>“David and Deepa were so excited when they 
>called me up to inform that I have won! the 
>award. They repeatedly told me that I should 
>trust them more, because I had been telling them 
>that mine was not a major role and they had been 
>telling me that my performance counted more than 
>the length of the role,” Ms Biswas said.
>
>The award will be brought to India by Mr 
>Hamilton who will attend the March 23-30 
>International Film Festival, Mumbai, where Water 
>is the closing film. “I am not sure if I can 
>attend the festival since I will be doing an 
>outdoor schedule of Vivaha in Nainital at that 
>time,” Ms Biswas said.
>
>
>- Utpal Borpujari / New Delhi
>
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