{"id":16,"date":"2014-06-10T13:01:08","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T13:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/habib.edu.pk\/HU-news\/?p=16"},"modified":"2025-07-28T09:14:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T04:14:39","slug":"prof-jamil-dehlavis-film-wins-global-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/habib.edu.pk\/HU-news\/prof-jamil-dehlavis-film-wins-global-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Jamil Dehlavi\u2019s Film Wins Global Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned filmmaker <strong>Jamil Dehlavi\u2019s<\/strong> film \u2018<strong>Seven Lucky Gods<\/strong>\u2019 has recent been recognized globally and has received critical acclaim. It has won the Grand Prize at the Tirana International Film Festival, was named as Best Feature Film at the Canada International Film Festival, and won the Special Jury Prize at Worldfest Houston where the lead actor Nik Xhelilaj also won Best Actor and the actress Alison Peebles was nominated for Best Supporting Actress. \u2018Seven Lucky Gods\u2019 has also been nominated for Best Production Design at the Milan International Film Festival and actress Kate Maravan is in the running for Best Supporting Actress. It\u2019s also in competition at the London Independent Film Festival and the Salerno International Film Festival in Italy where it is expected to do equally well. Jamil Dehlavi\u2019s award winning productions include \u2018Towers of Silence\u2019, \u2018The Blood of Hussain\u2019 and \u2018Jinnah\u2019 which narrates the life story of Pakistan\u2019s founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the Quaid-e-Azam. Jamil Dehlavi has worked on various projects for the BBC, Channel Four, French Television and the Radio &amp; Visual Services Division at the United Nations. Currently he is an Associate Professor at the School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Habib University where he will be teaching filmmaking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned filmmaker Jamil Dehlavi\u2019s film \u2018Seven Lucky Gods\u2019 has recent been recognized globally and has received critical acclaim. 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