MUMBAI: Miraj Group‘s Queens! Destiny of Dance has bagged six awards in the International Films category at the Los Angeles Movie Awards (LAMA).

Queens! Destiny of Dance is a film, which takes one into the heart of an up-market Hijra (trans-gender community), reveals a journey of life in human experience that is seldom understood. Even more, it is made with the honest efforts to show such lives in a better light. "Through this film we hope to celebrate a way of life in every colour through dance of destiny and we are very happy that it is so well-received," Miraj Entertainment COO Sonal Deshpande said.

Besides winning the first place, the other awards the film received were for best direction, best cinematography, best costume design, best supporting actress, and best special effects categories.

The other categories of awards at LAMA are Narrative Features (films that are 50 minutes and over, all genres), Narrative Shorts (films that are 50 minutes and under, all genres), Documentary Features (documentaries of 50 minutes and over, all topics), Documentary Shorts (documentaries of 50 minutes and under, all topics) and Student (student made films that are 60 minutes and under, all genres) and Experimental.

The Los Angeles Movie Awards is aimed to celebrate Independent Motion Picture and Literary Arts by providing a platform for filmmakers and writers to have an opportunity to be awarded for their work.