Om Puri Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award Posthumously At IIFF Boston

New Delhi: The great Om Puri was bestowed with the Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously at the third India International Film Festival (IIFF) of Boston.

The award was received by his widow Nandita Puri.

The festival, from October 16 to 18, was held virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hindustan Times reported.

Malayalam film Kaanthi bagged the Best Feature Film Award, while the Best Male Actor was won by Victor Banerjee for playing a priest in Josef: Born In Grace. The Best Female Actor went to Shylaja Ambu for Kaanthi  at the Boston festival.

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