On May 26, when the 66th Cannes film festival draws to an end, India will anxiously wait to see if either Monsoon Shootout or Dabba will bring home a Camera d’Or, the award given to the best debut film in the festival. Ritesh Batra’s Dabba which played in the International Critics’ Week won an audience award-the Grand Rail d’Or-following unanimous praise by the critics and the audiences.
While we wait, let’s go down in the annals of history to know about the Indian films that won awards at the premier film festival. Although they might seem like a rare and exquisite breed, there are actually quite a few of them starting from the very first edition of Cannes.
At the inaugural edition of the festival in 1946, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar screened in competition and shared the Grand Prix with several other films. The top award-now Palme...
While we wait, let’s go down in the annals of history to know about the Indian films that won awards at the premier film festival. Although they might seem like a rare and exquisite breed, there are actually quite a few of them starting from the very first edition of Cannes.
At the inaugural edition of the festival in 1946, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar screened in competition and shared the Grand Prix with several other films. The top award-now Palme...
- 5/25/2013
- by Editorial Team
- DearCinema.com
Breaking myths and telling you everything that you should know about Indian films at Cannes Film Festival 2012
Which are the Indian films at 65th Cannes Film Festival?
Miss Lovely by Ashim Ahluwalia in Un Certain Regard
Peddlers by Vasan Bala in 51st Cannes Critics Week
Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 & 2 in Directors’ Fortnight
Kalpana by Uday Shankar in Cannes Classics
Project ‘The Untold Tale’ by Shivajee Chandrabhushan in L’Atelier
Are Cannes Critics Week and Directors’ Fortnight official selections?
No. They are parallel sections of the Cannes Film Festival.
Then what is official selection?
Cannes Film Festival official selection comprises of Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, Special Screenings, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Classics and the Cinéfondation.
The most important of the official selection are the Competition and Un Certain Regard. Films that are representative of “arthouse cinema with a wide audience appeal” are presented in Competition, and Un Certain Regard...
Which are the Indian films at 65th Cannes Film Festival?
Miss Lovely by Ashim Ahluwalia in Un Certain Regard
Peddlers by Vasan Bala in 51st Cannes Critics Week
Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 & 2 in Directors’ Fortnight
Kalpana by Uday Shankar in Cannes Classics
Project ‘The Untold Tale’ by Shivajee Chandrabhushan in L’Atelier
Are Cannes Critics Week and Directors’ Fortnight official selections?
No. They are parallel sections of the Cannes Film Festival.
Then what is official selection?
Cannes Film Festival official selection comprises of Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, Special Screenings, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Classics and the Cinéfondation.
The most important of the official selection are the Competition and Un Certain Regard. Films that are representative of “arthouse cinema with a wide audience appeal” are presented in Competition, and Un Certain Regard...
- 5/16/2012
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
Vidyarthy Chatterjee, who wrote on cinema for leading publications like The Statesman and The Economic Times for over three decades writes on Vastupurush by Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukhtankar, in which he saw the germs of a new Marathi cinema
“It is regional cinema that is at the cutting edge of new Indian films. It is evident that nowhere is the renegotiation of the Indian identity in this new age of consumerism being better analyzed than in the low budget regional cinema.”
Asha Kasbekar Richards
This writer fondly visualizes the day when the history of a rejuvenated Marathi cinema, circa 2002 onwards, comes to be written by a sensitive and intelligent film-lover, preferably someone to the language and culture born. Ideally, one of the first chapters of such an effort could be named ‘From Sumitra and Sunil’s stable’. One is speaking of the sociologist- turned- filmmaker Sumitra Bhave and her artistic collaborator,...
“It is regional cinema that is at the cutting edge of new Indian films. It is evident that nowhere is the renegotiation of the Indian identity in this new age of consumerism being better analyzed than in the low budget regional cinema.”
Asha Kasbekar Richards
This writer fondly visualizes the day when the history of a rejuvenated Marathi cinema, circa 2002 onwards, comes to be written by a sensitive and intelligent film-lover, preferably someone to the language and culture born. Ideally, one of the first chapters of such an effort could be named ‘From Sumitra and Sunil’s stable’. One is speaking of the sociologist- turned- filmmaker Sumitra Bhave and her artistic collaborator,...
- 6/21/2011
- by Vidyarthy Chatterjee
- DearCinema.com
They(Cannes) have a very Euro-us centric view of cinema which we cannot conform to. We are neither the Far-east like Japan, nor the West in that sense. We are the in-between world. Our culture is very little understood in the West. To appreciate the cinema, you have to understand the culture and the people–Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Come May and the time seems rife for a critical analysis of the state of Indian cinema. The country that churns out the largest number of films in the world in a year doesn’t figure in the list of countries which will have their films presented at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Does that reflect anything about the cinema in our country? The debate is pursued with a renewed interest and vigour every year. Well, some believe that our films are just not good enough while there are others who question the...
Come May and the time seems rife for a critical analysis of the state of Indian cinema. The country that churns out the largest number of films in the world in a year doesn’t figure in the list of countries which will have their films presented at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Does that reflect anything about the cinema in our country? The debate is pursued with a renewed interest and vigour every year. Well, some believe that our films are just not good enough while there are others who question the...
- 5/11/2011
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
Reliance Big Pictures will release the Malayalam film Kutty Srank on 23 July. This is Mammootty's first film with Shaji N. Karun, who began his career as a cinematographer and later turned to direction with Piravi in 1988. His directorial debut won him the Camera d'Or - Mention d'honneur at the Cannes Film Festival in 1989. Kutty Srank scripted by Shaji, P.F. Mathews & Hari Krishnan (screenplay) has Mammootty playing the male lead. The film also stars actresses Padmapriya, Kamalini, Meena Kumari in female leads. The film’s music has been composed by Isaac ...
- 6/2/2010
- BusinessofCinema
Vikramaditya Motwane’s “Udaan”, the film that made it to Un Certain Regard at Cannes International Film festival after seven years has been the talk of the town lately. With Udaan, Indian cinema’s seven year long jinxed relationship with the premier film festival has come to an end. Murali Nair’s Arimpara was the last film to have made it to Un Certain Regard, the section that carries the second most prestigious award, in the year 2003. Prior to that, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas was presented as a special screening out of competition at the festival in 2002.
Come to think of it, India and Cannes have had a cordial relationship right from the start. 1946, the year one of the oldest film festivals began at Cannes, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar was screened as a Feature film in competition. Neecha Nagar was a pioneering effort in realistic Indian cinema and...
Come to think of it, India and Cannes have had a cordial relationship right from the start. 1946, the year one of the oldest film festivals began at Cannes, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar was screened as a Feature film in competition. Neecha Nagar was a pioneering effort in realistic Indian cinema and...
- 4/20/2010
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
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