ACTORS Manoj Bajpayee, Naseeruddin Shah, Konkana Sen Sharma and filmmaker Hansal Mehta have bagged the top honours at the Asian Academy Creative Awards 2021. The awards gala, held on Thursday and Friday in Singapore, honoured people in the creative field working across various platforms from different countries of the Asia-Pacific region. From India, Bajpayee bagged the best actor award for his nuanced performance of Srikant Tiwari in Amazon Prime Video series “The Family Man 2”. Sen Sharma won best actress award for her portrayal of Bharti Mondal in “Geeli Puchhi” segment of Netflix anthology “Ajeeb Daastaans”. Mehta registered two wins with his hit show “Scam 1992” -- best drama series and best direction.

 

The crime drama series, featuring Pratik Gandhi in the lead role, is based on the 1992 Harshad Mehta stock market scam. Taking to Twitter, Mehta thanked his entire team of “Scam 1992”. Shah was honoured with best supporting actor for Amazon Prime Video series “Bandish Bandits”, in which he played a veteran classical musician. Amazon original “Mirzapur” season two won in the best original programme by a streamer/OTT category. The show’s creator Puneet Krishna dedicated the award to actor Bramhaswaroop Mishra, who was found dead in his flat in suburban Versova on Thursday afternoon. He played the role of Lalit in the show.