Actor Abhimanyu Dassani's Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota is winning acclaim across festivals and the debutant says the feeling is "surreal" as no one had earlier believed in the action comedy. The Vasan Bala-directed wacky action-comedy bagged People's Choice Award in the Midnight Madness section at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this year and received standing ovation at its India premiere at MAMI.

Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota will now have its premiere at Macau International Film Festival, today. "The journey of the film is fantastic. To look back and think, this was the film which shifted producers, a film which wasn't supposed to be made four days before the shoot and now looking at people giving us standing ovation it's surreal, humbling and encouraging," Abhimanyu told PTI.