Hollywood Filmmaker Michael Douglas To Receive Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award (image-instagram/michaelkirkdouglas)
Renowned Hollywood actor and Producer Michael Douglas will be presented with the Satyajit Ray Excellence in Film Lifetime Award at the 54th International Film Festival in Goa. The announcement was made by Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur through a post which he shared on his official X handle on Friday.
“His deep love for our country is well-known and we look forward to welcome him,” he wrote.
I”m delighted to announce that Michael Douglas, the distinguished Hollywood Actor and Producer, will be honoured with the prestigious Satyajit Ray Excellence in Film Lifetime Award at the 54th International Film Festival Goa.
His deep love for our country, 🇮🇳, is well known,…
— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) October 13, 2023
This year’s film festival will be also graced by the presence of celebrated actor, accompanied by his spouse, eminent actress and philanthropist Catherine Zeta Jones and their son and actor, Dylan Douglas.
Indian film Producer and founder of Percept Ltd. and the Sunburn Music festival Shailendra Singh who is celebrating his 25 years in the Indian film Industry will also attend the event.
In a noteworthy event held this year earlier, Douglas was honoured at the Indian Pavilion in Marche Du Film, during the Cannes Film festival, underscoring his global impact on the film industry.
The veteran actor’s filmography includes the cult classic thriller ‘Basic Instinct’ and the Oscar winning ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ and ‘Wall Street’. He had a remarkable career earning two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, and an Emmy Award. He has also produced a number of critically acclaimed films, such as “One Flew Over the Cuckoo”s Nest (1975)”, “The China Syndrome (1979)”, and “The Game (1999)”.
He was also appointed as the UN Messenger of Peace for his commitment to disarmament issues, including nuclear non-proliferation and halting the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in 1998.
The Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award, instituted in the 30th IFFI in 1999, is presented to individuals whose exceptional contributions have significantly enriched and elevated the world of cinema and this precious award has been previously honoured luminaries such as Bernardo Bertolucci (IFFI 30), Carlos Saura (IFFI 53), Martin Scorsese (IFFI 52), Dilip Kumar (IFFI 38), Krzysztof Zanussi (IFFI 43), and Wong Kar-wai (IFFI 45), among other major film personalities.
