It has been exactly one year since Anupam Kher's film Tanvi The Great reached audiences, and the actor marked the occasion with a heartfelt video shared on social media. In the clip, he said the film's biggest win was not the applause it received across the globe, but the change it brought to families and the shift in how people now look at autism.
Anupam Kher's Emotional Note
In a lengthy Instagram caption, Anupam Kher wrote that the film had completed a full year since its release and that looking back at the entire journey filled him with pride and gratitude. He said the project had grown into something far bigger than just a film, crossing borders to build its own identity among audiences in several countries. According to him, the film was screened at well known international film festivals and picked up recognition at many of them along the way.
Festival Selections and Awards
Anupam Kher also listed out the honours the film has collected over the past year. It was selected for the Indian Panorama section at IFFI, won the Best Feature Film honour at the FIPRESCI awards, and picked up the Best Screenplay award at the International Film Festival of Australia. Lead actor Shubhangi was separately honoured with both the Best Actress and Best Debut Actress awards for her performance. Yet Anupam Kher made it clear that if he were asked about the film's single greatest achievement, his answer would go well beyond any of these trophies or honours.
Messages From Fans Meant The Most
Anupam Kher explained that the real reward for him and his team came in the form of thousands of messages sent in by parents, teachers and young viewers after watching the film. One viewer commented that the film completely changed the way they viewed autism. Another shared that they had finally stopped hiding their autistic child from the world after seeing it. Several parents also said the film helped them understand their child far better and brought them noticeably closer at home.
"If you ask me what this film's biggest success is, my answer would go far beyond these trophies or awards," Anupam Kher wrote in his post. He added that these messages mattered more to him than any award or festival honour, because they proved that cinema has the power to do more than simply entertain audiences, it can also drive genuine, positive change in the way society treats and understands autism.
