'Sacred Games', 'Lust Stories' nominated at the International Emmys

Radhika Apte gets a nod as well for her role in 'Lust Stories'


Entertainment Desk September 21, 2019

Indian web series Sacred Games and anthology Lust Stories have received nominations at the International Emmy Awards 2019.

Nominations for the 2019 International Emmy Awards were announced on Thursday by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Film-maker Anurag Kashyap took to Instagram to announce that Netflix's Lust Stories has been nominated under the Best Miniseries category while Sacred Games has bagged nomination in the Best Drama section.

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Radhika Apte has been nominated for Best Actress for her performance in Lust Stories.

"What a day...Emmy nominations," Kashyap wrote.

On receiving the Best Actress nomination, Apte expressed her joy on social media. "International Emmy," she wrote.

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Talking to IANS, Apte says it's a great feeling to be nominated in the Best Performance By An Actress at the International Emmy Awards for Lust Stories.

Apte will compete against Jenna Coleman from the UK, Brazil's Marjorie Estiano and Marina Gera from Hungary. Lust Stories is also nominated in the TV Movie/ Mini-Series category.

"It's a great feeling to be appreciated for your efforts and also I'm thrilled that Indian content is at par with today's world television," actor had shared. "The new digital platforms have made it possible for us to better our content and have given us the platform to put it up. I'm absolutely thrilled that both Sacred Games and Lust Stories are nominated."

The awards will be held on November 25 in New York.

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COMMENTS (1)

Bunny Rabbit | 5 years ago | Reply Where are the family shows gone ? When the whole family young and old alike used to sit around TV and watch after dinner . These mentioned shows are not good for family viewing .
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