MUMBAI: Looks like Indian films are gaining credibility abroad besides alluring audience domestically.

Soon after the news that PNC‘s Fatso will feature in this year‘s Shanghai Film Festival, National Award winning Bengali film Antaheen has also been selected to feature in the festival that starts from 12 June.

The Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury-directed film, starring Rahul Bose and Radhika Apte in the lead, won the best film award in the National Films Award 2009. It also annexed awards for best cinematography, best lyrics and best female playback singer.

Antaheen has Rahul Bose playing the role of an IPS officer who fights the system while Radhika Apte plays a budding journalist who tries to expose a land scam. The film also stars Mita Vashisth, Aparna Sen, Kalyan Roy and Sharmila Tagore.

Interestingly, the directorate of film festivals in India had sent seven nominations for the festival of which only Antaheen was selected.