True Love Story (film) explained

True Love Story
Director:	Gitanjali Rao
Story:	Gitanjali Rao
Music:	Tapatam - EarthSync/Laya Project
Runtime:	19 minutes
Country:	India
Language:	Silent

True Love Story is a 2014 Indian animation short film written and directed by Gitanjali Rao. The silent film is a coming-of-age romance film set in streets of Mumbai, where a flower-seller falls in love with a bar dancer, that too in Bollywood-fantasy style.^[1]

In February 2014, the film won the Golden Conch Best Animation Film Award at the 2014 Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF).^{[2] [3]} At the 2014 Cannes Film Festival the film was one of 10 selected short films at Critics' Week.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gitanjali Rao' Short 'True Love Story' in Competition at Cannes Critics Week'14 . AnimationXpress . 2014-04-23. 2014-05-14 .
2. Web site: Moving Pictures . The Indian Express. Alaka Sahani . 16 March 2014. 2014-05-14 . 1–3.
3. Web site: Bangladeshi documentary on climate change wins Golden Conch at Mumbai International Film Festival . 9 February 2014. 2014-05-14 . The Times of India.
4. Web site: After 'Titli', 'True Love Story' at Cannes film fest . Livemint. 22 April 2014. 2014-05-14 .
5. Web site: Cannes falls in love . The Indian Express . 2 May 2014 . 2014-05-14 .
6. Web site: 2016-11-23. Market goes by numbers, says celebrated animation filmmaker Gitanjali Rao. 2021-10-26. The Indian Express. en.