Newton and Sexy Durga movies Nominated in Asia Pacific Screen Awards

New Delhi, November 14: Top two Indian films have been nominated in the Asia Pacific Screen Awards(APSA), these Awards are an annual award ceremony celebrating the best in films from the Asia Pacific Region.

This is the 11th year they are celebrating the event, The Country India has a great history of representation at the awards, including last year’s for Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Sunny Pawar.

In light of their ceremony this year, APSA has announced nominations for 2017.The winners of ASPA will be announced in Brisbane, Australia, on November 23. The ceremony will be webcast and is the highest cinematic honour in the region.



Two Indian films have made it to the nominations. The first is Newton, a political satire nominated for two awards, Best Screenplay and Best Performance by an Actor (for its protagonist Rajkummar Rao).

The second is the provocative punk road movie Sexy Durga, nominated for Achievement in Directing.