India, Sept. 25 -- The Silent Epidemic, a documentary, has won best non-feature film at the 71st National Film Awards, bringing national recognition to a project that highlighted the human toll of road crashes in Gurugram and throughout India.

The film, directed by Akshat Gupta and Presented by Gurgaon Based Raahgiri Foundation and Delhi based Cinema4Good, was produced by social entrepreneur Sarika Panda Bhatt and internationally acclaimed filmmaker Jitendra Mishra, with creative production by Akash Basu in association with Delhi based Wheeling Happiness Foundation.

The documentary "The Silent Epidemic" uses its focus on Gurugram to personalise the national crisis of road accidents, moving beyond mere statistics to show the human cost. ...