Presidential candidate Senator John Kerry presented Sheeraz Hasan with the Dr. Zakir Hussain Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts during the Centenary of Satyagraha and the 59th Anniversary of India's Independence and Awards Night held August 19 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 22, 2006 -- Presidential candidate Senator John Kerry presented Sheeraz Hasan with the Dr. Zakir Hussain Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts during the Centenary of Satyagraha and the 59th Anniversary of India's Independence and Awards Night held on August 19th at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The award was named after Dr. Zakir Hussain who was the former president of India.

The sponsor of the award was Dr. Arjun Daluvoy M.D., a vascular surgeon, prominent Indian community leader and founder of World Entertainment Media.

As founder and CEO of www.Hollywood.TV, Hasan was honored not only for the strides he has made in bridging the Hollywood and Bollywood film industries but also for the tremendous success of his recently published autobiography Sheeraz - The Muslim American Dream.

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