Laxmikant Shetgaonkar
- Writer
- Director
Laxmikant Shetgaonkar was born and brought up in Goa, India. He started
his film career with A Sea Side Story, a 45 minute film which won the
National Award for Best Debut non feature film and Golden Conch for
Best Fiction Film at Mumbai International Film Festival in 2004. His
first feature film, Paltadacho Munis (The man beyond the bridge) in
Konkani language, received The Prize of the International Federation of
Film Critics (Fibresci) at Toronto International Film Festival in 2009,
Best Film in Konkani at 57th National Film Awards of India in 2009, and
Grand Jury Prize for Best Film at Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
in 2010. The film was extensively screened at important international
film festivals like Berlin, Palm Springs, Cairo, Istanbul, IFFI,
Mumbai. Baga Beach is his second feature film.