Awards
- 1987 Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director: Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin (1987)
- 1989 National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues: Main Zinda Hoon (1988)
- 1992 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi: Dharavi (1991)
- 2006 Filmfare Best Story Award: Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2005)
- 2010: Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (French Government) France's knighthood - equivalent to the "Sir" title of the British
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