New York: Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sushmita Sen-starrer ‘Aarya’ and stand-up comedian Vir Das were among the several nominees for the International Emmy Awards 2021, held in New York City on Monday night.
While it sure was a moment of pride for the three to represent India at the prestigious awards ceremony, all three missed out on the top spot in their respective categories.
Nawazuddin was nominated for Best Actor for his performance in ‘Serious Men’. However, the Emmy went to Scottish actor David Tennant for ‘Des’.
Directed by Sudhir Mishra, ‘Serious Men’, which is available to watch on Netflix, is an adaptation of author Manu Joseph’s 2010 novel of the same name. It focuses on the story of an ambitious underachiever who capitalises on his son’s newfound fame as a boy-genius to improve his family’s fortunes.
Vir, who was recently embroiled in a controversy over his ‘I come from two Indias’ act at the Kennedy Center in Washington, was nominated for the Netflix…