Bengali film "Robibaar" wins two awards at Madrid International Film Festival

KOLKATA(PTI):

Director Atanu Ghosh's Bengali film "Robibaar" (On a Sunday), starring superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee and popular Bangladeshi actor Jaya Ahsan, won two awards at the Madrid International Film Festival.

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Ghosh said, "Two more coveted awards for Robibaar (On a Sunday) from Madrid International Film Festival 2020 - Best Lead Actress in a Foreign Language Film for Jaya Ahsan and Best Original Screenplay - in the same category."

The director also attached a video which showed the festival authorities making the announcement.

The film hit the theatres on December 27, 2019, in West Bengal and was released on February 21 this year in Bangladesh.

Ghosh had earlier got the 'Best Director and Best Writing awards' for the film at the Critics' Choice Film Awards 2020 in the country. (PTI)

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