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New Delhi: Presence of a galaxy of stars from the Bollywood firmament on Sunday marked the finale of the Osians' Cinefan Festival of Asian cinema even as a majority of awards were bagged by films from the stable of sensible or parallel cinema.

In what can be seen as a sign of the diverse worlds of commercial and art cinema coming together on one platform, a host of stars from the mainstream Bollywood honoured their counterparts in the parallel cinema at the closing ceremony of the Asian film festival, which concluded on Sunday night with the screening of the Iranian film Offside by Jafar Panahi.

Filmmaker Girish Kasaravalli won the Special Jury award for his film In the Shadow of the Dog while the Best Film Award was bagged by The Cleansing Rites (Suddha) by P N Ramchandra, the first film in Tulu language.

The Best Actor award was bagged by Subratta Dutta for his role in Calcutta Unabashed while the Best Actress award was won by Tannishta Chaterjee for her role in the same film.

Phillipines film Bet Collector bagged three awards - FIPRESI jury Award for Best film, the Best Actress and Best Film Award in the Asian competition section.

The Turkish film Two Girls by Kutlug Ataman won the Special Jury Prize in the Asian competition section.