Shanker Raman’s Gurgaon (Work In Progress-Fiction) and Rahul Jain’s Machines (Work In Progress-Documentary) won the Prasad DI Award for the best WIP projects in their categories.

The awards were presented by Marco Mueller (Mentor, WIP Lab-Fiction) and Derek Malcolm (Mentor, WIP Lab-Documentary) to the winners. While announcing the award, Derek Malcolm said, “Every year I come here, the documentaries get just a little bit better and this year, in particular, has been a very good year.”

Jaiprakash Naidu, Executive Director at Prasad Film Labs said, “It's been 5 years that we have supported this initiative of NFDC. We are honored to be associated with this initiative by NFDC to encourage fresh talent. I take this opportunity to request to all the participants in WIP or Co-Production that if they need any help for post-production, Prasad group is there.”

At the award function and closing ceremony, Nina Lath Gupta - Managing Director, NFDC India said, “The response at the ninth edition of Film Bazaar has been overwhelming. It's been great to see Indian cinema grow. For me, every film that does well is my baby, I take immense pride. Every award, every bit of critical acclaim earned by you all over the world is my award. I thank you all.”