Rajkummar Rao’s breakthrough role came in the 2013 Hindi drama film Kai Po Che directed by Abhishek Kapoor, which made its world premiere in the Berlin International Film Festival’s Panorama section. He recently appeared in Vivkas Bahl’s Queen (2014) and Vikramaditya Motwane’s Trapped (2017). Rao has twice worked with director Hansal Mehta, winning the Filmfare Award, the National Film Award for Best Actor and Critics Best Actor for his performance in Shahid (2013). He was nominated for a Filmfare Award for his performance in Hansal Mehta’s Aligarh, playing opposite Manoj Bajpayee, an APSA winner of Best Performance by an Actor in 2016.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
