India, Sept. 18 -- After winning the prestigious NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film at the Venice International Film Festival for her Hindi-Sylheti-Bengali-Marathi feature film Lovers in the Blue Night, Purulia (West Bengal)-based writer-director Anuparna Roy says the win is dedicated to her "village, its people and their stories," that came her way.

Speaking to us, Roy shares, "It's big to have competition from 26 countries and being selected by the jury for the award is huge for me and my crew. And the jury members while giving us the award said 'To pick one film was extremely difficult because we had a big number of good films' that statement made my day and left me overwhelmed with what else you work for, such recognition, only. Bahut ...