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Priyanka Chopra congratulates Saim Sadiq for Joyland's wins at Cannes

Priyanka Chopra congratulates Saim Sadiq for Joyland's wins at Cannes

The Quantico actor said it was "heartening to see the recognition for all the powerful talent from Asia".
31 May, 2022

Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra congratulated Pakistani filmmaker Saim Sadiq on his movie Joyland being awarded at Cannes 2022 and the brief but sweet exchange between the two artists across borders is all we needed to see today.

The Quantico actor took to Instagram and posted a series of stories to appreciate the awardees at Cannes. She started off by congratulating them and made a special shout out to "all the powerful talent from Asia" for getting the "recognition" they deserve.

Chopra posted photos of the Asian teams among the awardees, starting off with Joyland and mentioning the awards that they bagged. The movie won the Cannes Queer Palm prize for best LGBT, “queer” or feminist-themed movie and the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard segment.

Sadiq was quick to re-post her story and thank her.

The Baywatch actor re-shared it on her story and congratulated the filmmaker personally as well.

Sadiq's film was Pakistan's first competitive entry at Cannes and not only did it make it to one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world, it also wowed the audience, resulting in a standing ovation. If that weren't enough already, it won awards and garnered international acclaim as well.

“Joyland will echo across the world,” jury head, French director Catherine Corsini said. “It has strong characters who are both complex and real. Nothing is distorted. We were blown away by this film.”

The film stars Sarwat Gilani, Sania Saeed, Ali Junejo, Alina Khan and Rasti Farooq. It is the story of an effeminate married man who falls for a transgender woman, which raises the tension between the conventional image his family wants him to fall into and the freedom he discovers to live a life of his choosing.

Comments

Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad May 31, 2022 04:07pm
An attempt in futility to stay afloat, rally support, look busy, get counted and above all, remain in the powerful multimedia limelight.
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M. Saeed May 31, 2022 04:09pm
Presence of women is responsible for the color in life on the planet.
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NYS May 31, 2022 04:12pm
This is big that B.town A-lister Priyanka Chop lift Saim and cast morale ,by conveying congratulatory recognition message
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Ahsan Masood May 31, 2022 04:24pm
baji ko 'Pakistan' bolte hue dard ho raha tha?
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Tadka May 31, 2022 05:10pm
@Ahsan Masood Kyoki baji to akkal hai. Uncle Ahsanji........the team included non Pakistanis too Team Joyland included filmmaker Saim Sadiq, director Sana Jafri, producer Apoorva Charan
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Tadka May 31, 2022 05:53pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad by congratulating a virtually unknown director ?
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Syed Hasni May 31, 2022 08:14pm
The storyline sound like more a "Joyride" than Joyland. Any ways congratulations.
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GreenAura May 31, 2022 08:45pm
Sorry Priyanka, what's "asian" about it? It's "Pakistani", just like most of everything else "asian" that Bharat has copied/plagiarised/taken credit for over the years.
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@saas@ May 31, 2022 08:52pm
Must be fantastic to be noticed by Piggy Chops the Great!
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Big B May 31, 2022 09:34pm
@Tadka he just pastes from his list randomly
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Anonymouseee May 31, 2022 09:49pm
Priyanka who?
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Salman May 31, 2022 09:52pm
correction...Talent from Pakistan. People still remember her misbehaving with Pakistani girl. Keep your congratulations to yourself.
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Abdul samad May 31, 2022 10:11pm
Good
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Abdul samad May 31, 2022 10:11pm
Good
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Abdul samad May 31, 2022 10:12pm
This is good
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Sunshine May 31, 2022 10:41pm
@Ahsan Masood Aho!!.
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Sunshine May 31, 2022 10:45pm
The BIG news is Joyland got recognition. Whether Piggy Chops congrats it to hog the limelight; or some far greater international stars applauding it, is secondary.
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Altaf Jun 01, 2022 12:21am
Who is Priyanka Chopra?
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Amir Jun 01, 2022 01:35am
Indians in the Modi Era are extremely afraid to praise any Pakistani achievement for fear of Hindutva backlash so they have to club it with others. Pakistanis are much more open minded and chilled about this.
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JS Jun 01, 2022 08:11am
Congrats to the powerful talent from Pakistan
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Syed Ahmed Jun 01, 2022 08:44am
Nyce Gesture by PC
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Sam Jun 02, 2022 11:06pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad don’t be so harsh on yourself Dr
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