Nawazuddin, Pritam, Gangs of Wasseypur win at Asian Film Awards

The Asian Film Award Winners were announced yesterday. Nawazuddin Siddiqui  won the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in ‘Talaash: The Answer Lies Within’ at the Asian Film Awards. The other Indians who have also brought home awards include Pritam: Best Composer award for ‘Barfi’, Anurag Kashyap, Rajeev Rai and Wasiq Khan for their outstanding work across various categories for Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 and 2.

Here is the complete list of winners:

Best Film

Drug War (Mainland China)

Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 and 2 (India)

Mystery (Mainland China) – Winner

Outrage Beyond (Japan)

Pieta (South Korea)

Best Director

Anurag Kashyap (Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 and 2)

Abbas Kiarostami (Like Someone in Love)

Kim Ki-duk (Pieta)

Takeshi Kitano (Outrage Beyond) – Winner

Lou Ye (Mystery)

Best Actor

Joseph Chang, ‘GF*BF’ (Taiwan)

Choi Min-sik, ‘Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time’ (South Korea)

Eddie Garcia, ‘Bwakaw’ (Philippines) – Winner

Tony Leung Ka-fai, ‘Cold War’ (Hong Kong)

Liu Ye, ‘The Last Supper’ (Mainland China)

Best Actress

Nora Aunor, ‘Thy Womb’ (Philippines) – Winner

Cho Min-soo, ‘Pieta’ (South Korea)

Golshifteh Farahani, ‘The Patience Stone’ (Afghanistan)

Gwei Lun-mei, ‘GF*BF’ (Taiwan)

Hao Lei, ‘Mystery’ (Mainland China)

Best Newcomer

Chien Man-shu, ‘When a Wolf Falls in Love With a Sheep’ (Taiwan)

Masahiro Higashide, ‘The Kirishima Thing’ (Japan)

Huang Yu-siang, ‘Touch of the Light’ (Taiwan)

Kim Sung-kyun, ‘Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time’ (South Korea)

Qi Xi, ‘Mystery’ (Mainland China) – Winner

Best Supporting Actor

Ha Jung-woo, ‘Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time’ (South Korea)

Ryo Kase, ‘Like Someone in Love’ (Japan/France/Iran)

Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Talaash: ‘The Answer Lies Within’ (India) – Winner

Chapman To, ‘Diva’ (Hong Kong)

Rhydian Vaughan, ‘GF*BF’ (Taiwan)

Best Supporting Actress

Jun Ji-hyun, ‘The Thieves’ (South Korea)

Kim Hye-soo, ‘The Thieves’ (South Korea)

Li Lieh, ‘Together’ (Taiwan)

Qin Lan, ‘The Last Supper’ (Mainland China)

Makiko Watanabe, ‘Capturing Dad’ (Japan) – Winner

Best Screenwriter

Anand Gandhi, ‘Ship of Theseus’ (India)

Kohei Kiyasu, Daihachi Yoshida, ‘The Kirishima Thing’ (Japan)

Mei Feng, Yu Fan, Lou Ye, ‘Mystery’ (Mainland China) – Winner

Wai Ka-fai, Yau Nai-hoi, Ryker Chan, Yu Xi, ‘Drug War’ (Mainland China)

Yun Jong-bin, ‘Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time’ (South Korea)

Best Cinematographer

Touraj Aslani, ‘Rhino Season’ (Iraqi Kurdistan/Turkey) – Winner

Choi Young-hwan, ‘The Thieves’ (South Korea)

Rajeev Ravi, ‘Gangs of Wasseypur, Part 1 & 2’ (India)

Katsumi Yanagijima, ‘Like Someone in Love’ (Japan/France/Iran)

Zhang Li, Ma Cheng, ‘The Last Supper’ (Mainland China)

Best Production Designer

Cho Hwa-sung, ‘Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time’ (South Korea)

Bahman Ghobadi, Ali Daryai, ‘Rhino Season’ (Iraqi Kurdistan/Turkey) – Winner

Wasiq Khan, ‘Gangs of Wasseypur, Part 1 and 2’ (India)

Man Lim-chung, ‘The Silent War’ (Mainland China/Hong Kong)

Yee Chung-man, Eric Lam Chi-kiu, ‘The Last Tycoon’ (Mainland China/Hong Kong)

Best Composer

Pritam Chakraborty, ‘Barfi!’ (India) – Winner

Jo Yeong-wook, ‘Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time’ (South Korea)

Peyman Yazdanian, Johann Johannsson, ‘Mystery’ (Mainland China)

Keiichi Suzuki, ‘Outrage Beyond’ (Japan)

Koji Ueno, ‘The Floating Castle’ (Japan)

Best Editor

Takeshi Kitano, Yoshinori Ohta, ‘Outrage Beyond’ (Japan)

Mototaka Kusakabe, ‘The Kirishima Thing’ (Japan) – WINNER

Valerie Loiseleux, ‘Rhino Season’ (Iraqi Kurdistan/Turkey)

David Richardson, Allen Leung, ‘Drug War’ (Mainland China)

Shin Min-kyung, ‘The Thieves’ (South Korea)

Best Visual Effects

Chas Chau, Lewis Chan, Benson Poon, Johnny Lin, ‘When a Wolf Falls in Love With a Sheep’ (Taiwan)

Kwak Tae-yong, Hwang Hyokyun, Lim Jung-hoon, ‘Doomsday Book’ (South Korea)

Farbod Khoshtinat, ‘Rhino Season’ (Iraqi Kurdistan/Turkey) – Winner

Lee In-ho, Je Young-ho, ‘Soar Into the Sun’ (South Korea)

Katsuro Onoue, Tetsuo Oya, Atsuki Sato, Minami Tsujino, ‘The Floating Castle’ (Japan)

Best Costume Designer

Chen Xue-bing, Zhong Jia-ni, ‘The Last Supper’ (Mainland China)

Jessie Dai Mei-ling, Chan Chi-man, ‘The Last Tycoon’ (Mainland China/Hong Kong)

Kwak Jung-ae, ‘A Werewolf Boy’ (South Korea)

Man Lim-chung, ‘The Silent War’ (Mainland China/Hong Kong) – WINNER

Mitsuru Otsuka, Kazuta Matsunaga, Akihiko Inamura, ‘The Floating Castle’ (Japan