MUMBAI â The Marathi film "Puglya" has won the Best Foreign Language Feature award at Moscow International Film Festival, 2021.
"I feel immense joy when I see that the story is receiving such great response. Winning at Moscow International Film Festival is a great deal of pride for me and the team," director Vinod Sam Peter tells IANS.
The filmmaker, who also wrote the screenplay, says the film is about a child's innocence.
"'Puglya'is a story that revolves around a pug and two boys, Rushab and Datta, who are around 10 years old. A pug dog comes into the life of two boys -- one from the city and the other from the village -- and its impact on their lives is shown in 'Pugalya.â The film shows the innocence and simplicity of the kids," he says.