India's 'Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota' wins top award at Toronto film festival
Vasan Bala's Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota , which premiered at the tail-end of the Midnight Madness section of the 43rd Toronto International Film Festival, bagged the Grolsch Viewers' Choice Award on Sunday afternoon, pushing David Gordon Green's Halloween and Sam Levinson's Assassination Nation to the second and third positions respectively. "It hasn't sunk in yet," said Vasan Bala during the post-awards brunch. "It probably will when I am on the flight back to Mumbai," the director said. Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota, completed just in time for TIFF, stars newcomer Abhimanyu Dassani in the role of a young man who has a congenital disorder that makes him incapable of feeling any pain. The condition allows him to jump into violent fights and brawls without worrying about being hurt. Read Complete Article