In March 2012 when Nitin Kakkar was shooting his debut feature film, Filmistaan, in the hot terrains of Bikaner, little did he expect that a year later, his movie would bag the National Award for best feature film in Hindi. The movie, which is about how a wannabe actor, who is kidnapped by a terrorist group, strikes friendship with his Pakistani captors, thanks to their common love for films, has not only been screened at several international films festivals but also bagged awards. An excited Kakkar says, “Winning the National Award is the biggest high. It is always good to win acclaim at international festivals, but gaining appreciation on home ground is a different feeling.”