Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur has left for France to attend the Cannes Film Festival, where India has been named the 바카라˜country of honour바카라™ for 바카라˜Marche du Film바카라™, the business counterpart of the marquee event.
Thakur is set to walk the Red Carpet at the Festival on Tuesday evening, and also participate in the Opening Night festivities of Marche Du Film at the Majestic Beach on Wednesday.
Top personalities from the entertainment business including AR Rahman, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Nayanthara Pooja Hegde, Prasoon Joshi, R Madhavan, Ricky Kej, Shekhar Kapur, Tamannaah Bhatia, Vani Tripathi and folk singer Mame Khan are to be part of the delegation led by Thakur to the Cannes Film Festival.
"Honoured to represent India at Marche Du Film at the Cannes Film Festival," Tamannaah, a leading actor in Telugu and Tamil films, said on Twitter.
Popular actor Akshay Kumar too was part of the official delegation but had to opt-out after he tested positive for Covid-19.
As one of the highlights of India's status as the Country of Honour, a special screening of a restored Indian classic 바카라˜Pratidwandi바카라™, directed by Satyajit Ray, has been planned as part of the Festival바카라™s Cannes Classics selection.
In addition, world premieres of a selection of Indian films will be held at the Olympia Cinema.
India will be showcasing five movies 바카라“ Baghjan (Assamese) by Jaicheng Zxai Dohutia, Bailadila (Chhattisgarhi) by Shailendra Sahu, Ek Jagah Apni (Hindi) by Ektara collective, Follower (Marathi) by Harshad Nalawde and Shivamma (Kannada) by Jai Shankar 바카라“ under the "Goes to Cannes Section".
These movies are part of the Work In Progress lab under the Film Bazaar.
R Madhavan바카라™s film, 바카라˜Rocketry: The Nambi Effect바카라™, will have its world premiere at the festival on May 19.
[With Inputs From PTI]
