Anurag Basu confirmed earlier today that music director Pritam has won the Best Music Award for Barfi! at the prestigious Asia Pacific Film Festival held in Macau. Pritam was the only Indian musician to be nominated at the award ceremony that was held during the course of the festival.
Yipeee!! Pritam won the Best music award for Barfi at 55th Asia Pacific film festival at Macao.
— anurag basu (@basuanurag) December 15, 2012
The Asia Pacific Film Festival is a event hosted annually in different Asian Cities, and this year the festival was held in Macau and of course it’s supported by the local government. The Asia Pacific Film Festival, first held in 1954, is film festival held annually in an Asian country designated by the Board of Directors of the Federation of Motion Picture Producers in Asia-Pacific.
Pritam has won various awards for his music in films like Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, Love Aaj Kal and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahaani.