In the land of Filmistaan

Filmistaan is a debut offering by director Nitin Kakkar. The film was first released at the Busan International Film Festival in 2012. (Photo courtesy: Facebook/Filmistaan)

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Filmistaan is a debut offering by director Nitin Kakkar. The film was first released at the Busan International Film Festival in 2012. (Photo courtesy: Facebook/Filmistaan)

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Filmistaan is a story of what happens when a cinema-obsessed production assistant is held hostage in a Pakistani border village at the home of a man who is in the business of selling pirated Bollywood DVDs. (Photo courtesy: Facebook/Filmistaan)

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The movie won the Best Feature Film honour (Hindi) at the 60th National Film Awards 2012. (Photo courtesy: Facebook/Filmistaan)

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Nitin Kakkar says that Saadat Hasan Manto is a big influence on him along with the works of Hindi literature canons such as Munshi Premchand.