'There were other top contenders like Neeraj Pandey's 'A Wednesday', Piyush Jha's 'Sikandar', Nishikant Kamat's 'Mumbai Meri Jaan', Umkanth Thumrugoti's '7 Days In Slow Motion' and 'The Damned Rain' by Gabricha Paus. All the jury members loved the innocence of 'Tahaan'. It reminded them of 'Life Is Beautiful',' said Kohli.

He also said that the the jury loved all the performances in 'Tahaan', specially Sarika and the child actor Purav Bhandare.

'Germany has emerged as one of the most powerful and influential market for Bollywood. Do you know, the CD covers of Hindi films released in Germany are in German? We need to take that area more seriously,' said Kohli.