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Dhanak's journey as magical as the film's story: Kukunoor
Filmmaker Nagesh Kukunoor is happy about his film "Dhanak" getting
recognition at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival and
hopes the honour is just the beginning of the movie's next journey.
On
Saturday, the movie bagged two awards -- The Grand Prix for the Best
Feature-length film and the Special Mention for the Best Feature Film by
The Children's Jury for Generation Kplus, at the 65th Berlin
International Film Festival.
"Dhanak's journey has been as
magical as the film's story. To have this Berlinale honour be the
culmination of a fantastic trip is what dreams are made of. Or maybe
this is just the start of Dhanak's next journey," Kukunoor said in a
statement.
The film, co-produced by Manish Mundra, Kukunoor and
Elahe Hiptoola, had its world premiere at the Berlinale, held from Feb 5
to 15.
"The film received an overwhelming response at
Berlinale. All the screenings of the film saw a fully packed house and
cheering audience. The premiere screening, which was held at massive
theatre of 1,200 seats was sold out. At every screening, almost everyone
stayed back for the Q&A and then mobbed the director outside the
theatre," s