After bagging the Best Screenplay Award and the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) award at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month, Chaitanya Tamhane's The Disciple won the Amplify Voices Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. The jury comprising actor Sarah Gadon, producer Damon D'Oliveira and director Danis Goulet described the Marathi film as "visually sumptuous and insightful".

The citation read: 'Masterful in its restraint, this film, about a struggling classical Indian
musician, explores the tension between traditional discipline and the contemporary impulse to be instantly validated'. The award includes a $10,000 cash prize. "News like this brightens our day and gives us hope," said Tamhane.