India, Sept. 10 -- First-time filmmaker Anuparna Roy has got everyone talking. The director recently made history when she won the Best Director prize in the Horizons section of the prestigious Venice International Film Festival for her debut film, Songs of Forgotten Trees. However, her journey to celluloid was not an easy one. Anuparna worked in the IT sector, and according to her family, she never showed much inclination towards filmmaking until much later in life.

In an interview with PTI, Anuparna's father, Brahmananda Roy, said, "We had not noticed much love and passion for films during her school days, but she was studious. Her ambition for films came to the fore later when she started her career in the IT sector. She had a resolve...