He has also won the National Film Award for best music direction, for the film Refugee (2001), and received the Filmfare Special Jury Award in 2000 for his outstanding contribution to music.

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His 2003 film Chokher Bali was awarded the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival and his last film, Chitrangada, won a special jury award in the 2012 national film awards.

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Mr. Laub, who didn't disclose any potential acquisitions from Tribeca, singled out a few documentaries for attracting strong interest from his colleagues, including "Don't Stop Believin'" and two titles that focus on social issues: "Burn, " an audience award-winner about Detroit fire fighters, and "Revisionaries, " which won a special jury prize for its close-up on the ideological battles dividing the State Board of Education in Texas.

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