Friday was a big day for the team of Dekh Indian Circus, with not one or two but four National Awards being won by the film. Apart from the 4 awards for the film, the film's team have received 5 awards including Best Children's Film- Mangesh Hadawale (Director), Mahaveer Jain (Producer), Jury Special Award - Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Lead Actor), Best Child Actor - Virendra Singh Rathore (Child Artist), Jury Special Mention - Tannishtha Chatterjee (Lead Actress), Prasoon Joshi (Best Lyrics) and Shankar Mahadevan (Best Playback Singer - Male) who have won National awards for Chittagong, are also a part of Dekh Indian Circus team.
Earlier this year the film premiered at the 16th Busan Film Festival in the New Currents section, opening to positive review from critics and winning the Audience Choice award.
Presented by Imtiaz Ali and produced by Mahaveer S. Jain, Anil Lad, Chirag Shah, Dekh Indian Circus is about finding victory and smiles with the small things in lives directed by Mangesh Hadawale.
Interestingly, the other films that won National Awards namely, Kahaani, Paan Singh Tomar and Vicky Donor have already released making Dekh Indian Circus, the only film to win prior to its release.
Adding to Jain, co-producer Chirag Shah thanked each and every member of the team to make this dream come true saying, "I'm sure emotions of the film touch each and everyone and it will make a big home in audience hearts."