As congratulations poured in from all over the world for the Pakistani film Joyland, even Bollywood diva Priyanka Chopra congratulated Saim Sadiq.
The Quantico star acknowledged the Joyland team’s big win at the Cannes Film Festival in an Instagram story.
In response, Pakistani filmmaker Saim Sadiq reshared her story, with a thank you note.
After which the Isn’t This Romantic actress congratulated the Pakistani filmmaker on winning the
Aside from the Cannes Un Certain Regard award, the movie also received the Queer Palm Jury Prize.
The Matrix 4 actress’s acknowledgment is pleasantly surprising as The White Tiger actress lost many fans in Pakistan after her tweet pertaining to the Balakot airstrikes. Tensions between the two nuclear neighbors have been simmering since then.
Meanwhile, in another Instagram story, she congratulated all the winners of the Cannes Film Festival 2022. Her shared photographs of Asian films, filmmakers, performers, and artists acknowledged at the international film festival captioned;
“Cannes Film Festival 2022. Congratulations to all the winners at the Cannes Film Festival 2022. It’s especially heartening to see the recognition for all the powerful talent from Asia.”
On the other hand, her production debut The Sky Is Pink also received much acclaim on the international front. On the other hand, she is set to star in Jee Le Zaraa, a Farhan Akhtar directorial.
The film cast Priyanka Chopra with Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt. Shooting for the movie will begin before the end of the year and the film will be released in the second half of 2023.
