Nitin Kakkar's 'Filmistaan' was voted the Best Independent Film of 2014 in the IBNLive Movie Awards. The film got 41.5% votes from the readers, and was followed by 'Sulemani Keeda' which received 33.11% votes and 'Miss Lovely' (16.34%). The film had got a national award in 2013, and was released commercially in 2014.