• Ahmed Ali Akbar has won 'Best Actor' award at prestigious South Asian film festival.
• Ahmed's film 'Laal Kabootar' has also been considered for an upcoming Academy Awards.
• Ahmed is one of the best Pakistani actor among new generation.

Pakistani actor Ahmed Ali Akbar has won ‘Best Actor’ award at Washington DC South Asian Film Festival for his performance in a critically acclaimed Pakistani film ‘Laal Kabootar’.

The actor shared the news through his Instagram with a caption, “Truly honoured to have won Best Actor at Washington DC South Asian Film Festival for Laal kabootar”.

 

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Truly honoured to have won Best Actor at Washington DC South Asian Film Festival @dcsaff for Laal kabootar #LaalKabootar #ManshaPasha #KamalKhan #dcsaff #actorslife #pakistanicelebrities #pakistaniactor #bestactor

A post shared by Ahmed Ali Akbar (@ahmedaliakbarofficial) on Sep 24, 2019 at 5:39pm PDT

Karachi-based crime thriller, ‘Laal Kabootar’ has also been selected as Pakistan’s official entry for the upcoming Academy Awards 2020. The Academy will choose final nominees for all award categories in December this year.

Directed by Kamal Khan, the film received rave reviews by the critics and was also praised by the masses when released in March this year.

On work front, Ahmed can be currently seen on small screen in much-hyped drama series ‘Ehd-e-Wafa’. The drama has star studded cast including Ahmed Ali Akbar, Ahad Raza Mir, Osman Khalid Butt and Wahaj Ali.