'Tulpan' takes home best film award in India

December 03, 2008 Adding another prize to his growing collection for "Tulpan," Sergei Dvortsevoy took home the Golden Peacock best film prize at the closing ceremonies of the 39th annual International Film Festival of India, organizers said Wednesday. After a minute of silence, the Kazakh writer and first-time director thanked the audience in Panaji, Goa, where the fest, which began Nov. 22, continued despite last week's terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Hong Kong director Peter Chan led four other jurors in judging the 15 competition titles, including two Indian entries -- S. Priyadarshan's Tamil-language "Kanchivaram" and Ramesh Laxman More's Marathi-language "Mahasatta" -- plus titles from Bangladesh, Russia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Iran, the Philippines, Argentina, China and Japan.

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