Monjoy Mukherjee wins best Debutane Director at RIFF

The Rajasthan International Film Festival (RIFF) 2017 turned out to be eventful as filmmakers from all over the world participated in it to showcase their feature films and short films. Among them who had a dream-come-true moment was Monjoy Joy Mukerji, the eldest son of yesteryear actor Joy Mukerji. He won the coveted award for the Best Debutant Director at RIFF for his movie ‘Hai Apna Dil Toh Awara’, a romcom based on modern relationships.

‘Hai Apna Dil Toh Awara’ stars TV hotties Niyati Joshi, Sahil Aanand and Harry Tangiri. Monjoy was very happy with their ouput saying they have really added value to the product. Monjoy remembered his late legendary father, who was India’s first chocolate-hero, when his name was announced as the Best Debutante Director. He said, “I am thankful to the entire team of my film, the producers, actors,technical crew,composers and lyricists. I dedicate this award to my late father Joy Mukerji”

Monjoy has revived the era of musical romantic movies, which were an integral part of Joy Mukerji’s movies as he has shot a major part of his film in the picturesque locations of Kashmir. The director is now penning down the script for his next feature film as well as a web series.

Other winners included Leena Yadav, who won the Best Director award for ‘Parched’; it also won the Best Picture Award.