Bhandarkar rescues farmer's widows

National award winning Bollywood filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar has donated his prize money to the families of 3 debt ridden farmers who committed suicide in Vidarbh region of Maharashtra. Bhandarkar donated his prize money of Rs.250, 000 that he picked up on winning Swarna Kamal award for his film Traffic Signal at the 54th Annual National Film Awards. The National Sample Survey Organisation says almost half of India's 100 million farming families are in debt.