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Camera D'Or - Golden Camera Award at the 41st Cannes Film Festival 1988 for Best First Feature Film 1988

National Award, Best Hindi Film, India 1989

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Oscar Nomination for Best Foreign Film, United States 1988

Air Canada Public Prize – Montreal World Film Festival, voted Most Popular Film of the Montreal festival by the public 1988

Special Ecumenical Jury Prize, Montreal 1988

Lillian Gish Award at Women In Film Festival, Los Angeles 1988

Samuelson Award – Birmingham International Film Festival, UK 1988

Tyneside International Film Festival, UK 1988

Best Feature Film, Prix Femina Bulge du Cinema, Brussels 1988

Prix du Public, 6th Festival de Cinema, MJC Annonay 1988

Transition Award – Psychotherapy Film Society, Los Angeles 1988

Golden Globe Nomination for Best Foreign Film 1988

Best Film, voted by Sydney Film Festival audience, Australia 1989

Cesar Nomination Meilleur Film Estranger – Academie des Arts et des Techniques du Cinema, France 1989