The film was premiered at 2009 Toronto International Film Festival , where it won the prize of the International Federation of Film Critics ( FIPRESCI Prize ) for Discovery . It was chosen as opening film of the Indian Panorama section at the 40th International Film Festival of India ( IFFI ) 2009 . Thereafter it went to receive international critical acclaim , including the narrative jury award at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles . It was included in the world ’s best films of 2009 list . According to a review , it strikes a perfect balance between the personal and the political . Laxmikant ’s cinema is rich in metaphors , remarkable in its restrain and exciting in its modern sensibility . The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Konkani at the 57th National Film Awards . The film was also nominated for the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema ( NETPAC ) award , Berlin
57th National Film Awards
57th National Film Awards
Paltadacho Munis