Actor Rajkummar Rao bags IIFM's Asia Rising star award

New Delhi: Actor Rajkummar Rao has added another trophy to his shelf by bagging the Variety Asia Rising star honour at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IIFM) in Macau.

 The 33-year-old actor took to his Twitter handle to announce the news by posting a picture, in which he can be seen kissing the trophy.

He captioned the post as, "Won the @Variety Asia



Rising star award at #IFFM in Macau. Thank you @Variety magazine for this honour."

Variety and the IFFAM collaborated to put the spotlight on eight Asian acting talents who have the potential to become regional and global stars, including Shioli Kutsuna, Ludi Lin, Chutimon Cheungcharoensukying, Piolo Pascual, Celina Jade, Ahn Seo-hyun and Rajkummar for his performance in 'Newton.'