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Dhoom 3 wins the highest grossing foreign film award at Australian International Movie Convention

17 Oct 2014

The 69th Australian International Movie Convention hosted the annual Box Office Achievement Awards at Jupiter's Hotel & Casino and awarded the 'Highest Grossing Foreign Language Film' to Dhoom 3, produced by India's premier Studio Yash Raj Films and distributed in Australia by Mind Blowing Films.

The highest-grossing movies within the previous 12 month period have been recognised through these awards since 1994. In recent years, the movies that have won the Highest Grossing Foreign Language Film category were: 2013 - The Intouchables 2012 - The Women On The 6thFloor 2011 - The Girl Who Played With Fire 2010 - The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 2009 - Coco Avant Chanel The Director of Dhoom 3 - Vijay Krishna Acharya thanked the Australian audience saying, "The response and success of the film is extremely gratifying and humbling. I'd like to thank the Australian audience who made this possible. And I shall certainly be filming in your beautiful and unique country for one of my next ventures. I'd love to film in Australia for one of my next ventures." Yash Raj Films Vice President - International operation, Avtar Panesar mentioned the team's journey of more 10 years since they entered Australian film market while thanking HOYTS and Mind Blowing Films for their contribution towards this extraordinary success. " From a territory that released Hindi films in 1 or 2 ghettoised theatres just over a decade ago, to partnering with a cinema chain with a vision - Hoyt's and to being bestowed with this wonderful honour, the journey of Indian cinema in Australia has been very rewarding and fruitful. On behalf of YRF, I thank our local Distributors Mind Blowing Films, our exhibition partners HOYTS and most of all the people of Australia - You all made it possible" On receiving the award, Mind Blowing Films company director Mitu Bhowmick Lange commented, "It's an honour and absolute delight to receive this award. This is the first time that an Indian film has won this prestigious award which makes it even more special. With the growing popularity of Bollywood films overseas, Dhoom 3 receiving the highest grossing foreign language film is yet another achievement on global platform for Indian Film Industry.. My heartfelt thank you Australia for embracing Indian cinema."