Ahmed Ali Akbar bags international award for 'Laal Kabootar'

The actor took to his Instagram account and shared the news.

LAHORE (Dunya News) – Pakistani actor Ahmed Ali Akbar has won Best Actor award at the Washington DC South Asian Film Festival for his outstanding performance in Laal Kabootar. The actor took to his Instagram account and shared the news.

Critically acclaimed dark and gritty film ‘Laal Kabootar’ has also been officially selected as Pakistan’s pick for 92nd Oscars’ International Feature Film Award category. Laal Kabootar, released in March 2019, is an urban crime thriller that brings Karachi’s grittiness to the big screen in the perfect way. Adeel (Ahmed Ali), a hustler and cab driver with big dreams of going to Dubai accidentally encounters a widow, Alia (Mansha Pasha), whose husband became a victim of target-killing, who is finding her husband’s killer in the dark streets of Karachi. It also starred Rashid Farooqui, Saleem Meraj, Ali Kazmi, Shamim Hilali, Akbar Islam, Syed Arsalan, Saad Fareedi, Hammad Siddiq, Ishtiaq Omar, Meesum Naqvi, Faiza Gillani, Mohammed Ahmed and Kaleem Ghour etc.