Bagging international acclaim, Aparna Sen’s The Rapist has won the top award at the 26th Busan International Film Festival. Co-produced by Applause Entertainment and Quest Films, the movie features standout performances by Konkana Sen Sharma, Arjun Rampal and Tanmay Dhanania.

The hard-hitting movie premiered at the renowned film festival under the section of ‘A Window on Asian Cinema’ on 7th October. The gripping Indian social drama is about a middle-class academic who wants her rapist, to whom she has fallen pregnant, to tell her why he committed such a crime. Recognised as a critically acclaimed production house, Applause Entertainment also produced the widely appreciated web series Scam 1992.