Maniesh Paul wins 'Anchor of the Year' at Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival

Television host and anchor Maniesh Paul won the Anchor of the Year award at the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards ceremony held in the city on Thursday. The 38-year-old TV host and anchor took to his social media accounts and shared pictures of himself flaunting the trophy. He also captioned the post thanking his viewers for 'making this possible'.

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Maniesh Paul made his Bollywood debut with the 2013 film Mickey Virus and has also acted in a few other films like Abhishek Sharma's Tere Bin Laden 2 and  Vishwas Pandya's Baa Baaa Black Sheep. He has acted in plenty of television shows before venturing into hosting reality TV shows and anchoring major events. The actor is currently the host for the comedic reality TV show Mujhse Shaadi Karoge which features Bigg Boss 13 finalists Shehnaaz Gill and Paras Chhabra.

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About the event

The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2020 were held on February 20 in Mumbai. Actor Ravi Dubey served as the host of the evening and many celebrities attended the glamorous event from the film and television industry. Stars including Hrithik Roshan, Malaika Arora, Divya Tripathi, Rashami Desai, Dia Mirza among others attended the event.

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Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan bagged the Best Actor award at the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival for his role in the Vikas Bahl directorial Super 30. He was cheered by the crowd as he received the award for his film Super 30. In the film, he played the character of Anand Kumar and the film revolves around his social initiative.

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