Director Manish Jha's debut short film, A Very Very Silent Film (2001), had previously won the Jury Prize for the Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002.
dᵻɹˈɛktɚ mˈænɪʃ dʒˈeɪhˈɑːz deɪbjˈuː ʃˈɔːɹt fˈɪlm, ɐ vˈɛɹi vˈɛɹi sˈaɪlənt fˈɪlm tˈuː θˈaʊzənd wˈʌn, hæd pɹˈiːviəsli wˈʌn ðə dʒˈʊɹɹi pɹˈaɪz fɚðə bˈɛst ʃˈɔːɹt fˈɪlm æt ðə kˈænz fˈɪlm fˈɛstɪvəl ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd tˈuː.