The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) jury awards the best Asian film from a first or second-time feature director every year at the festival, which concluded yesterday.
Bose, who previously directed 'Amu' in 2005 and co-wrote 'Chittagong', tells the love story of a Delhi university student and aspiring writer Laila, who is afflicted with cerebral palsy.
She leaves India for New York University, where she falls for a fiery young activist, Khanum, played by Sayani Gupta.
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