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At the 57th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, which concluded last week-end, two practically unknown Indian filmmakers were in the award-winning league.The more prestigious prize, for the Best Debutant Film at the festival, went to Rajnesh Domalpalli for his maiden feature film, Vanaja.Chennai-born Domalpalli is a B.Tech who graduated in 1984 from IIT, Powai; he worked in the US as a computer engineer. Vanaja, his thesis film for the course, was shot in Andhra Pradesh with a cast of raw first timers.The other award, a Special Mention by the Youth Jury, went to Tarsem Singh for The Fall, a co-production credited to India-UKUSA.Tarsem, also 45 years of age, is quite a man of parts: techno whiz, producer, director, writer, and actor