Indo-Canadian filmmaker Dylan Mohan Gray’s documentary feature film Fire in the Blood, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, went on to enjoy the longest theatrical run of any non-fiction film in Indian cinema history.
Longest running non-fiction film in Indian cinema history
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Published on 23, May 2022
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