India, May 3 -- An Indian production has won the top award at North America's leading documentary film festival for the second year running.

Directed by Vivek Chaudhary, the film I, Poppy, garnered the Best International Feature Documentary award at Hot Docs, in Toronto, on Friday.

The film's producers said the film was shot over five years in an "observational style in the poppy fields of Rajasthan".

"Going against some powerful forces, both against the opium mafia and the corrupt Narcotics Bureau, the film crew faced considerable challenges but persevered to bring this human story to life," they added.

In a statement, the jury which selected the film for the award, said, "A film of negotiations - with family, with community, with th...