What’s Love Got to Do With It?, directed by Jemima Khan, has won the Best Comedy prize at the Rome Film Festival, following its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The writer and co-producer of the movie, Khan, revealed the exciting news on Sunday while posting pictures on the red carpet to Instagram. Former wife of Imran Khan, Jemima Khan, the co-producer and writer of the award-winning film, took to her Instagram posing with the trophy and humbly wrote: “We won Best Comedy at The Rome Film Festival for our film, What’s Love Got to Do With It? Ol Parker, I appreciate you showing me how to create a script.
She also complimented the cast, including Mim Shaikh, Iman Boujelouah, Sindhu Vee, Shabana Azmi, Sajal Aly, Jeff Mirza, Asim Chaudhry, Shahzad Latif, and Ben Ashenden of the pin comedy for all the laughs.
A thank-you was then given to the cast and crew, starting with executive producer Lucas Webb, producer Nicky Kentish Barnes, executive producers Ron Halpern and Joe Naftalin, Studio Canal, and Eric Fellner of Working Title films.
Shekhar Kapur, the film’s director, and the distribution company Lucky Red were also acknowledged by Khan. She thanked Bella Freud for her power outfit, an ivory matching pant suit with a sleeveless vest, which she wore to the film festival. Khan added, “And Emma Hawkins for always being my plus one and for capturing these pictures.”
