We are excited to reveal the finalists for the Eastern Eye Arts Culture and Theatre Awards (ACTAs), showcasing the very best of South Asian talent in the creative industries from literature, film, television, theatre, music, poetry, photography, dance and visual arts.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR ACTA FINALISTS!

Chila Kumari Burman, ‘Do you see words in rainbows’

Nancy Kukukhil, Barry Gardiner MP

Urja Desai Thakore, Kattam Katti

Urja Desai Thakore, Shobna Gulati

Hafsa Zayyan, We are all Birds of Uganda

Neema Shah, Kololo Hill

Hafsa Zayyan, Neema Shah & Amish Tripathi

Sathnam Sanghera, ‘Empireland: How Imperialism has shaped modern Britain’

Sangita Myska, Sathnam Sanghera

Posthumously to Maganbhai, Masterji

Tarla Patel, WO1 Rupert Frere

Sangita Myska & Ayesha Dharker, Current Affairs Show on LBC

Hiran Abeysekera & Syreeta Kumar & Valerie Vaz MP, ‘Life of Pi’

Indhu Rubasingham, ‘The Father and the Assassin’

Indhu Rubasingham, Tony Jayawardena

Asif Khan, Jabala and the Jinn’

Asif Khan, Krishnendu Majumdar

Rishi Shah & Deepak Mistry, Marvel Ms Marvel Series

National Trust & Celia Richardson & Corinne Fowler, National Trust, Amit Roy Eastern Eye

Swati Natekar, Naughty Boy

Hiran Abeysekera & Lord Jitesh Gadhia, Life of Pi

Ayesha Dharkar & Dr Nikhil Shah, ‘The Father and the Assassin’

Sagar Radia & Sudha Buchar, The Good Karma Hospital

Anjana Vasan & Sudha Buchar & Nitin Ganatra, ‘Killing Eve’ and ‘We are Lady Parts’

Justin Johnson BFI & Julie Pearce BFI Shailesh Solanki & Kalpesh Solanki, The British Film Institute for its Satyajit Ray Season

Nitin Sawhney & Shekhar Kapur, composer, producer, and musician

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