Kamrul Ahsan Lenin's debut film "Ghraan" ("The Smell") has won the Best Short Film Award at the 6th Dadasaheb Phalke Film Festival 2016, held in New Delhi on April 30.

The non-profit, non -commercial festival is India's only independent film festival, established in 2011 with a mission to celebrate the cinema and work of aspiring, young, independent and professional filmmakers.

Lenin's film competed with submissions from different countries to emerge victorious.

"Ghraan" is a nostalgic episode in the life of established businessman Ahkam (played by Tauquir Ahmed). One day, while stuck in traffic on a highway, he takes a different route which revives child-

hood memories.

The moving imageries of his childhood days, unfulfilled desires, friendships, relationships and unfulfilled dreams make Ahkam emotional. He remembers his father, and compares his fatherhood with his late father's. The film leads to the discovery of a complex reality and perception of a father set against the backdrop of Ahkam's innocent childhood memories.

The story has been written by Masudul Haque, while Tanveer Alam Swajeeb has done the music.

The film, made with a government grant, is waiting to be released after certification by the censor board.

The film casts Tauquir Ahmed in the lead role, alongside other characters including Saberi Alam, Fazlur Rahman Babu, Nirzhar Ahsan, Angona Islam, and others.