 Kumar and Yardi produced their first Marathi venture 72 Miles Ek <unk> . Inspired from Ashok <unk> 's novel of the same name , the film showed the problems faced by a teenager boy ( <unk> Sant ) who ran away from his boarding school to reach his house which was at a distance of 72 miles from the school . It won three awards at the 2013 – 2014 Maharashtra State Film Awards — Best Grameen Film , Smita <unk> won the Best Actress Award while Rajeev Patil won the Best Director Award . It had also won the Jury 's special award for Best film at the 2014 Dadasaheb Phalke Awards . Shakti Shetty wrote in Mid Day that " the emotions won ’ t [ elude ] " the viewers . He praised <unk> 's performance by calling it " one of the strongest female performances in recent times " . Afternoon Despatch & Courier 's reviewer Sandeep Hattangadi called it " quite touching " and " the first of its kind in Marathi " . The film was shortlisted for screening at the London and Pune International Film Festivals . Their second Marathi film was Gauri Sarwate @-@ directed <unk> . It was shot in London . 
