Indian Netflix shows Sacred Games and Lust Stories are among the nominations for International Emmy Awards 2019. Not just these shows, but actor Radhika Apte too has been nominated for the awards.
Director Anurag Kashyap took to Instagram to share the good news with his fans, as all the nominations are from shows that he helmed. He wrote, “ What a day . 3 Emmy Nominations . 1.lust stories (best miniseries) 2.Sacred Games (best Drama) 3. Radhika Apte(best actress-Lust Stories).”
While ‘Lust Stories’ has been nominated in the category of Best Miniseries, competing with the likes of Se Eu Fechar Os Olhos Agora (Brazil) and Safe Harbour (Australia), ‘Sacred Games’ is nominated for Best Drama Series, with 1 Contra Todos – Season 3 (Brazil), Bad Banks (Germany) and McMafia (UK).
In the category of Best Performance by an Actress, Radhika Apte has been nominated for Lust Stories alongside Jenna Coleman (BBC's The Cry), Marjorie Estiano (Brazil's Sob Pressão Season 2) and Marina Gera in (Hungary's Orok Tel).
Vikramaditya Motwane and Neeraj Ghaywaan also tweeted, sharing the news and congratulating the team.
Anurag Kashyap co-directed Sacred Games and directed one of the four shorts in Lust Stories. The International Emmy Awards are given in recognition to the best TV programmes initally produced and aired outside the United States, while the Primetime Emmy Awards are bestowed to the best American primetime TV shows.
Recently, Anurag also shared on Instagram, the news of Gangs of Wasseypur being in Guardian’s list of 100 best films of the 21st century. He also said that the film ‘totally destroyed his filmmaking career.’ He wrote, “This is also that film of mine that totally destroyed my filmmaking life by the expectations it sets from me as a filmmaker and has been continuously so , and I have forever been trying to break away from it. Hopefully someday that will happen .”
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