Moothon Wins Awards For Best Film, Best Actor And Best Child Artist In New York Indian Film Festival

Actor Nivin Pauly and director Geetu Mohandas has shared the good news about the Malayalam movie Moothon winning big at the New York Indian Film Festival. The film which has already bagged a plethora of awards for its cinematic brilliance continues its saga at major international film venues.

Malayalam actor Nivin Pauly won the Best Actor’s award and Sanjana Dipu bagged Best Child Actor for their roles in the movie. Moothon also won the Award for Best Film at the prestigious festival. The stars have expressed their gratitude for the nominations and recognitions on their social media feed. Scroll down to read more!

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New York Indian Film Festival was held from July 24 to August 2, 2020, virtually as the global pandemic situation remains a challenge. The film festival also screened various films in Indian languages including Bengali, Nepali, Hindi, English, Marathi and Tamil.

Nivin Pauly from Moothon was the first to express his joy in the big win on social media. The actor posted the movie poster featuring his character Akbar on his feed. See the picture here:

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Thank you @nyindianfilmfest 😍😍😍 #moothon❤️ @geetu_mohandas @anuragkashyap10 @roshan.matthew @iamsanjana.dipu @shashank.arora @melissa.rajuthomas @vinod.scotch @sobhitad

A post shared by Nivin Pauly (@nivinpaulyactor) on Aug 2, 2020 at 9:52pm PDT

Director Geetu Mohandas also reposted the poster from Nivin and wrote-

‘I’m so happy to announce that Moothon won the BEST FILM, BEST ACTOR and BEST CHILD ACTOR at #nyiff last night!!! First international award for my beautiful actors Nivin Pauly and Sanjana Dipu. Proud of you guys and congratulations to team #moothon’

Featuring Nivin Pauly in the lead, Malayalam movie Moothon tells the story of a young orphan’s journey of love and acceptance. The film begins with Mulla’s search that leads him to his elder brother in the cruel streets of Mumbai’s Kamathipura area. He learns that his elder brother has turned into the gang lord who controls the dark alleys of the streets.

The movie explores themes of gender identity, love and retribution with the phenomenal performances from actors like Nivin Pauly, Sobhita Dhulipala, Roshan Mathew and Dileesh Pothan. Watch the full movie streaming now on ZEE5 as Moothon is a cinematic experience that you will always cherish!

For more entertainment and drama, watch Zee Malayalam serial Sathya Enna Penkutty streaming now on ZEE5.