Sarmad Khoosat's 'Zindagi Tamasha' wins at Busan International Film Festival

Sarmad Khoosat's Punjabi film  Zindagi Tamasha has won big at the prestigious Busan International Film Festival on Saturday.

Khoosat's directorial won The Kim Ji-seok Award, named after the festival’s co-founder and executive programmer who died in 2017, reported Variety.

The film-maker shared the award with Indian director, Pradip Kurbah, whose film Market was also being screened at the festival.


The jury was headed by Iranian film-maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf and included Malaysian director-actor Tan Chui Mui and Korean film critic Huh Moon-young.

The film stars Arif Hassan, Samiya Mumtaz, Ali Kureishi, and Eman Suleman. Khoosat also makes a special appearance.

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