SRINAGAR: Kashmir born actor and director Aamir Bashir received the national award for his highly acclaimed Urdu feature film Harud (Autumn), which depicts the ruins brought about by the turmoil in Jammu and Kashmir and its repercussion on the social fabric of the State.
Aamir was given the award by President Pranab Mukherjee at 60th film award function held at Vighyan Bhawan on Friday attended by several top-notch personalities from Bollywood.
Aamirs acting career began with a very small role on television serial, Bhanwar and he then acted in several TV advertisements. This led to film debut, Split Wide Open (1999) and a telefilms on Doordarshan Srinagar.
He appeared in 2003 film Armaan. He came to lime light in 2008, with thriller, A Wednesday, in which he essayed the role of a police officer. The film also won him a Screen Awards nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
Aamirs film Harud earlier in March was declared as best Urdu film for the 60th National Film Awards and was also awarded Rajat Kamal.
Film Harud is Aamirs first directorial venture, which won acclamation at various film festivals across the world.
In 2010 Harud was premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. The film stars famous Iranian actor Reza Naji.
Harud attempts to explore impact of Kashmir turmoil on its innocent inhabitants. The focus in the film is more on Kashmiris than the Kashmir issue itself and is the story of Rafiq (Shanawaz Bhat), a reticent Kashmiri youth whose brother is missing. The film gestures constantly to the crisscrossing registers in which Kashmir is pictured, saying a great deal about the politics of images, without spelling it out.
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