New Delhi, September 25: Superstar Aamir Khan will be honoured with the Screen Icon Award at the 37th Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF), where he will also attend a special screening marking 25 years of his Oscar-nominated film Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India. Khan will attend the screening of the 2001 period sports drama with director Ashutosh Gowariker. He will also participate in the festival’s “In Conversation With” series, Variety reported.
Set in 1893 during British rule in India, Lagaan follows villagers who, burdened by oppressive taxes imposed by a British officer, put their fate in an unlikely cricket match in a bid to escape the tax burden. The film, which broke away from conventional commercial cinema with its period setting, unusual storyline and lengthy runtime, was both a critical and commercial success. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2002 Academy Awards but lost to Bosnia’s No Man’s Land.
The SGIFF will be held from October 21 to November 1 and will feature several prominent Asian filmmakers and actors, including Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda and Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong. The festival will open with South Korean political thriller The Assassin, starring Yoo Hae-jin, Park Hae-il and Lee Min-ho. Director Hur Jin-ho and cast members Shim Eun-kyung and Park Sung-hoon are expected to attend the opening.
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