Aziz Ismail Ansari won Best Actor in Golden Globe Award
Los Angeles sources have stated that Indian-American actor cum comedian Aziz Ansari won the Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy for “Master of None” at the 75th Golden Globe Awards, making history for an Asian.
Meanwhile according to etonline.com, Ansari’s win marked the second time an actor of South Asian descent has won a Golden Globe in 35 years. Moreover, Ben Kingsley is of Indian descent, won for Best Actor Motion Picture, Drama in 1982.
Ansari said "He genuinely didn’t think he would win because all the
websites said he was going to lose. Also, he is glad we won this one because it
would have really sucked to lose two of these in a row and the only reason his
acting is good in that show is because everyone else holds him up".
Moreover Ansari quipped before thanking the cast and crew of “Master Of None”,
his parents and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.