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Vivek Agnihotri's 'Mohammad and Urvashi' bags Dadasaheb Phalke award

Darpan News Desk IANS, 13 May, 2017 01:29 PM
     Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri's first short film "Mohammad and Urvashi" has bagged the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award.
     
    Agnihotri announced the news on social media and tweeted: "Happy to announce my first short film 'Mohammad and Urvashi' has bagged Dadasaheb Phalke award. Best Actor for Myukh Ray. It's also one year of 'Buddha in a Traffic Jam'".
     
    The filmmaker has also penned "Mohammad and Urvashi", which features actors Mayukh Ray, Manoj Raghubir Sharma and Khushboo Upadhyay. 

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