Indian filmmaker Pan Nalin's female buddy film Angry Indian Goddesses had bagged the runners-up Grolsch People's Choice award at the 40th Toronto International Film Festival, which concluded on Sunday.

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The film's cast including Sandhya Mridul and Sarah-Jane Dias took to twitter to share the news.

"Ok so @AIGtheFilm just won 1st runners up GROLSCH PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD at #TIFF 2015," actress Sandhya Mridul tweeted.

Sarah added, "We won! What an amazing way to start the week! #aigthefilm #TIFF15 @AIGtheFilm @sandymridul @IAmAnushka @TannishthaC."

The movie also stars Tannishtha Chatterjee, Anushka Manchanda, Amrit Maghera, Rajashri Deshpande and Pavleen Gujral.

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Lenny Abrahamson's Room won the coveted Grolsch People's Choice Award, which has previously gone to movies that have won or been nominated for the Academy Awards' Best Picture in previous years with previous people's award winners being Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave, Tom Hooper's The King's Speech and last year's The Imitation Game.