International Emmy Awards 2021: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vir Das and Sushmita Sen-starrer Aarya bagged nominations for India

The 49th International Emmy Awards, which honours excellence in television programming produced outside the United States was held today, November 23, in New York City.

International Emmys 2021 was presented to programmes in 16 categories, which included non-English language shows. The nominations for the International Emmys 2021 were declared on September 23 by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

The nominations for the year 2021 were announced in September. The ceremony was organised adhering to Covid-19 safety guidelines.

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Comedian Vir Das, who was present at the ceremony, was nominated in the Comedy section for his Netflix special Vir Das: For India. The award was won by the French series Call My Agent! – Season 4.

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui was nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor category for Serious Men. David Tennant won the award for his performance in Des.

Disney+ Hotstar series Aarya, starring Sushmita Sen in the lead role, was nominated in the Best Drama Series category. But it was the Israeli series Tehran that won the award.

(With PTI inputs)

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