Tag: Cannes Film Festival
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Jury and delegation, but not a single Indian film is in any of the competitive sections of Cannes
In its 75th year of independence, India is the Nation of Honor at the Mecca of film festivals Cannes. Led by Anurag Thakur, Minister of Information and Broadcasting a delegation of reputed personalities like A R Rahman, Sekhar Kapur, Prasoon Joshi and Vani Tripathi Tikoo among others were present at the Red Carpet at Cannes…
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Come January 2022 and film festivals will again charm you after the corona pandemic dreaded days
Kolkata: In January 1994, as IFFI being held in Kolkata, festival Director, Malati Sahay personally called and invited Chetan Anand to be a delegate. The sensitive director politely refused saying he lost interest in film festivals. Quite unusual from Chetan Anand who represented India at Cannes, Venice, Moscow and Peking film festivals. He had said,…