Mumbai, Superstar Aamir Khan is set to be honoured with the Screen Icon Award at the 37th Singapore International Film Festival , where he will also attend a special 25th-anniversary screening of his Oscar-nominated film “Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India”.
Director Hur Jin-ho and cast members Shim Eun-kyung and Park Sung-hoon will attend the opening. Other filmmakers and industry figures attending the festival include South Korean filmmaker Yim Soon-rye, Japanese director Koji Fukada, cinematographer Akiko Ashizawa and Hong Kong filmmaker Jacob Cheung.
The festival will open with South Korean political thriller “The Assassin”, starring Yoo Hae-jin, Park Hae-il and Lee Min-ho. Kore-eda, known for films including “Nobody Knows”, “Like Father, Like Son”, “Monster” and Palme d’Or winner “Shoplifters”, will receive the festival’s Cinema Honorary Award for his contribution to Asian cinema. The festival’s “In Conversation With” series will also feature Kore-eda, Shim, Hong Kong filmmaker Peter Chan and Wong.
The actor-filmmaker will attend the screening of the 2001 period sports drama alongside its director Ashutosh Gowariker. The SGIFF, which will be held from October 21 to November 1, will feature appearances by several prominent Asian filmmakers and actors, including Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda and Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong. The movie, which broke all the rules of mainstream commercial cinema with its unconventional storyline, period setting of colonial India and lengthy runtime, was a critical and commercial success.
He will also be among the speakers at the festival’s “In Conversation With” series, reported Variety. It was nominated for best foreign language film at the 2002 Academy Awards but lost to Bosnian movie “No Man’s Land”.
