Veteran Bollywood actor Anupam Kher, who was recently seen in the action comedy Baa Baaa Black Sheep, has been nominated for the 2018 British Academy Television Awards for his work in the BBC project, The Boy with the Topknot, which is an adaptation of Satnam Sanghera’s memoir.

The actor, who has featured in about 500 films including Tamil films such as VIP, Little John, and Kuttrapathirikai, is up against Adrian Dunbar (Line of Duty), Brian F. O’Byrne (Little Boy Blue) and Jimmi Simpson - USS Callister (Black Mirror) for the Best Supporting Actor award. He took to Twitter to say,

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced the nominations for the annual British Academy Television Awards on Wednesday and it’ll reward the best television programmes broadcast in the UK in 2017. The ceremony will be held at the Royal Festival Hall on May 13.