Actor Nazarul Hassan won the Best Actor award at the Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival (MSIFF) 2018, for his role in Pakistani short film ‘Kachrachi,’ according to a post on the film’s official face book page. The post read: “Congratulations to Mr. Nazar Ul Hasan on his award winning performance; We’re delighted to announce “Kachrachi” the short film has won the “Best Actor” award at the Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival (MSIFF) 2018. Kachrachi is a satirical short film, which touches upon certain malign elements that are turning a once vibrant and dynamic metropolitan into a lackluster and callous city where most people are surviving rather than living a quality life. The title “Kachrachi” is a combination of the Urdu word for trash (Kachra) and the city Karachi. In the film, the protagonist is a reflection of Karachi, in the form of a mad man, who is addressing its people in general and reprimanding them for their negligence, lack of civic sense and the way the city is being mistreated with blatant disregard towards humanity, cleanliness, education and other basic necessities that contribute towards a quality of life. The short film has previously been screened at numerous film festivals, including Canada Shorts 2018 and the 2018 Chicago South Asian Film Festival. Published in Daily Times, December 20th 2018.