Actor Adil Hussain has been recognised for his performance in the Norwegian-Urdu film, What Will People Say (2017), directed by Iram Haq. He won the Kanon award for best supporting actor for his role as the conservative Pakistani father who relocates his teenage daughter back t their homeland as he fears she is becoming Westernised in Norway.
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The Kanon awards are the highest film honours given in the Norwegian film industry. The actor announced the good news on Twitter.
The film was shown in India on 13 October 2017 at the 19th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival.