KARACHI – The mastermind being ‘Cake’, Asim Abbasi has won the Best Director award at the UK Asian Film Festival London. This is also Asim’s directorial debut.
The festival has a screening for the film earlier on March 20, following Q&A with Asim and other cast members.
Unfortunately, Asim could not attend the event himself and the award was accepted by BBC broadcast journalist, Attika Choudhary on the director’s behalf.
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Following the award, Asim tweeted, “Oh wow! So humbled and moved. Thank you @cometoUKAFF for the honour.”
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The film is slated to release on March 30, 2018 and stars Aamina Sheikh, Sanam Saeed, Adnan Malik, Mikail Zulfiqar, Mohammed Ahmed and Beo Zafar in titular roles.
