The Oscar win for Guneet Monga is nothing but a validation of her years of hard work gone into backing films she believed in by raising money through social media to selling her only house. Though she received the Academy Award for her documentary short Period. End of sentence, Guneet has also been associated with critically-acclaimed films like The Lunchbox, Masaan and Haraamkhor.

"For every film, we have raised money individually. Our process is almost like 'kar guzarne wala' (passionate). We raised money on Facebook and made 'Peddlers' and 'Haraamkhor' under Rs 1.5 crore because one could not get money by raising in traditional manner here. One raised money from France for 'The Lunchbox' and ended up raising some equity here. For 'Monsoon Shootout', I sold my house, the only house I had. It's a bit crazy story," Guneet said.