 "Vir Das, Aarya, Nawazuddin Siddiqui nominated at International Emmy Awards 2021")
Actors Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Vir Das, along with Sushmita Sen-starrer show Aarya, have bagged nominations for India as part of 2021 International Emmy Awards, the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced on Thursday. Siddiqui has secured a nomination in the best performance by an actor category for his Netflix India movie _Serious Men._ He is pitted against British star David Tennant (Des) as well as actors Roy Nik of Israel (Normali) and Christian Tappan of Colombia (El Robo del Siglo or The Great Heist). Directed by Sudhir Mishra , Serious Men is an adaptation of author Manu Joseph’s 2010 novel of the same name. It chronicles the story of an ambitious underachiever who capitalises on his son’s newfound fame as a boy-genius to improve his family’s fortunes. The film offers a stark commentary on caste discrimination and upper class privilege through its protagonist Ayyan Mani (Siddiqui), a Tamil Dalit, who keeps challenging the system which has oppressed people for generations. The 47-year-old actor celebrated the moment in a post on Twitter. Check out Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s tweet
Sushmita Sen' s Disney+ Hotstar VIP series _Aarya_ , directed by Ram Madhvani, has made it to the final four of the best drama series category. The show is nominated alongside Chile’s El Presidente, Israel’s _Tehran_ on Apple TV+, and UK show There She Goes Season two. Aarya is an official remake of the popular Dutch crime-drama Penoza. The Indian adaptation revolved around Aarya Sareen, played by Sen, a happily married woman whose world turns upside down when her husband, pharma baron Tej Sareen (Chandrachur Singh) is shot. Created by Madhvani and Sandeep Modi, Aarya went on to garner acclaim after its debut in June last year. The team is currently working on its second season. Madhvani said he is feeling “proud” with the nomination of the show, and dedicated it to the cast and crew of Aarya. “To be nominated in the category best drama series at the International Emmy awards is truly something that makes us humbly proud. Here’s to my full team, and my co-producer Amita Madhvani, and my co directors, and to Sushmita Sen and all the actors, and to Disney+ Hotstar and Endemol Shine,” the director told Press Trust of India. Check out the tweets by the team of Aarya
This nomination is big as it reinforces the desire to create work we believe in and we couldn't have been more proud to represent India for the @iemmys Awards 2021
— Ram Madhvani (@RamKMadhvani) September 24, 2021
We are extremely honored and filled with pride🙏🏻@OfficialRMFilms #RamMadhvaniFilms pic.twitter.com/VwPp1bGzAr
We are family🎶😄❤️ #roar @DisneyplusHSVIP #Congratulations #Aarya 🤗❤️💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻❤️ https://t.co/MIDzUrCm4O
— sushmita sen (@thesushmitasen) September 23, 2021
Das’ Netflix India comedy special _Vir Das: For India_ has been nominated in the comedy segment along with popular French show Call My Agent, UK’s Motherland: Christmas Special, and Colombia series Promesas de Campana. The special, which was Das’ third with Netflix , released in January 2020. The comedian said he is honoured to be nominated at the International Emmy Awards. “I’m just so happy it’s for a show about my culture, and my people, and how funny we are. The special was my love letter to India, and this is just unbelievable,” the actor-comic said in a statement. Check out Vir Das’ tweets
Um...I think I just got nominated at the #InternationalEmmyAwards @TheWeirdass@iemmys
— Vir Das (@thevirdas) September 23, 2021
#VirDasForIndia
I...uh...holy shit. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/ZvfkFnWTXn
Confirmed the nomination is real. Thankyou to @TheWeirdass & @NetflixIndia and the crew of #VirDasForIndia for working so hard on something crazy. I'm just happy a show about our culture, and how funny my beautiful people are, got seen. Very cool #InternationalEmmyAwards Cheers! pic.twitter.com/6egqGpFCWz
— Vir Das (@thevirdas) September 23, 2021
Thankyou and congratulations @thesushmitasen and @Nawazuddin_S for your amazing inspiring work! https://t.co/ndPMoJcLn1
— Vir Das (@thevirdas) September 23, 2021
The winners for 2021 International Emmy Awards will be announced during an in-person ceremony, to be held in New York City on 22 November. India’s three nominations comes a year after India registered a strong performance at the 48th International Emmy Awards with filmmaker Richie Mehta’s _Delhi Crime_ winning the best drama series honour in November 2020. Two other Emmy nominations from India included Amazon Prime Video’s Four More Shots Please! and Arjun Mathur for his role in drama _Made in Heaven_ in the best comedy and actor categories respectively. With inputs from Press Trust of India
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