Critics’ Choice Award: Adil Hussain Bags Best Actor (Short Film)

In a proud moment for Assam, actor Adil Hussain has been awarded the Critics' Choice Award for Best Actor in the short film category for Abhiroop Basu's 'Meal'.

Critics Choice Short Stories Award (CCSSA) congratulated Hussain for the same on Twitter.

Congratulations to the winner of the Critics' Choice Award for Best Actor (Short Films) – Adil Hussain #CriticsChoiceAwards @theFCGofficial @motion_content @_AdilHussain pic.twitter.com/msPXBjRGzr

— CCSSA (@CCSSAwards) February 14, 2021

Hussain later thanked the academy for the honor.

 "Thank you @CCSSAwards and @theFCGofficial for Best Actors Award for the film #Meal directed by @abhiroopbasuforyou. I share this Award with all my co-nominies! And at the cast and crew of #Meal. Gratitude!" he tweeted.

Thank you @CCSSAwards and @theFCGofficial for Best Actors Award for the film #Meal directed by @abhiroopbasuforyou. I share this Award with all my co-nominies! And athe cast and crew of #Meal Gratitude 🙏🏾🙏🏾💥 https://t.co/D95LxxHNIT

— Adil hussain (@_AdilHussain) February 15, 2021

In 2012, Hussain won the Best Actor for 'Lesson in Forgetting' at the New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest. He also won the National Film Award Special Jury Award/ Special Mention (Feature film) for Mukti Bhawan in 2017.