Ashim Ahluwalia ( born 1972 in Mumbai , India ) is a film director and screenwriter . He made his directorial debut with the feature-length documentary '' John & Jane '' ( 2005 ) , which had a world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and a European premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival , and won him the 2005 National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director . This was followed by his first narrative feature film '' Miss Lovely '' , premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival . which won him India 's National Film Award – Special Jury Award ( Feature film ) , and Best Production Design at the 61st National Film Awards
2012 Cannes Film Festival
2012 Cannes Film Festival
Ashim Ahluwalia