Chaitanya Tamhane is an Indian filmmaker known for the 2014 Marathi courtroom drama Court It was announced as Indias official submission for the 88th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category Tamhane was nominated for best screenwriter at the 9th Asian Film Awards and won best director at the 16th Mumbai Film Festival Court was Tamhanes directorial debut for a feature length film His previous work includes the short film Six Strands of which he was also the writer and director as well as producer Tamhanes second directorial feature The Disciple 2020 premiered at the 77th Venice International Film Festival At Venice the film won FIPRESCI award presented by the International Federation of Film Critics and the Best Screenplay award