Figure this: in February this year, Berlin Film Festival screened Abhishek Kapoor’s Kai Po Che. In summer, four films from India -- The Lunchbox, Bombay Talkies, Monsoon Shootout and Ugly -- were shown at Cannes. A repeat of the trend in 2012. At Venice, the number of feature films from the country dropped to one in the form of Richie Mehta’s Siddharth.

The Lunchbox travelled across the globe before earning itself a commercial release