New Delhi, Sep 8 (UNI) Bollywood diva Priyanka Chopra's Sikkimese production Pahuna premiered at the Toronto international film festival to a tremendous applause. Present at the premiere at TIFF last night were Priyanka along with the director Pakhi, A Tyrewala . In a brief note on her instagram account later, the actor, who shared a snippet from TIFF, wrote: "I'm very proud of my first time "female" director Paakhi for having the courage to not give up, when people didn't believe this film could be made. Bravo for wanting to tell a beautiful story that may not be what people consider mainstream... but today had a world premiere on an international platform at @tiff_net, with an applause that resonated for a very long time. Tonight an audience watched this film for the first time outside of our offices at @purplepebblepictures, and told us how proud they were that a story like this was told. ' ' My heart swells at the thought of people standing up and applauding our effort. This is the reason I wanted to be a filmmaker. Major feels,'Priyanka said. UNI AR SB 2034