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October 27, 2025

Piyush Thakur's National Award-winning The First Film is his heartfelt tribute to cinema

- By Deepa Natarajan Lobo

In a small town in 1960s India, where cinema is forbidden for women, a 14-year-old embarks on a quest to watch her first film. That is the premise of The First Film, a short by filmmaker Piyush Thakur, which went on to win the Golden Lotus for Best Direction and the Silver Lotus for Best Music Direction at the 71st National Film Awards recently. “It took a while to sink in,” says the director. “More than prid

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