Nivin Pauly starrer Moothon grabs major awards at New York Indian Film Festival

Malayalam coming-of-age drama Moothon, directed by Geethu Mohandas and starring Nivin Pauly, has bagged top honours at the New York Indian Film Festival.

An official tweet from the film festival’s handle read: “Congratulations to the #NYIFF2020 #AwardWinners at the 20th New York Indian Film Festival: 2020 Virtual Edition powered by @MovieSaints #BestActress #GarggiAnanthan #RunKalyani #BestActor @NivinOfficial #BestDirector @achalchitra #gamakghar #BestFilm #Moothon @geetumohandas.” 

Congratulations to the #NYIFF2020 #AwardWinners at the 20th New York Indian Film Festival: 2020 Virtual Edition powered by @MovieSaints #BestActress #GarggiAnanthan #RunKalyani#BestActor @NivinOfficial #BestDirector @achalchitra #gamakghar #BestFilm #Moothon @geetumohandas pic.twitter.com/D0CmIPMAO1

— New York Indian Film Festival (@nyindianff) August 2, 2020

Moothon won the awards for Best Film, Best Actor (Nivin Pauly) and Best Child Actor (Sanjana Dipu).

Co-written and co-produced by Anurag Kashyap, Moothon had its world premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival aka TIFF. 

Moothon is available on streaming platform Zee5.