In the early hours of Friday, May 18, Shankar and his Veyil team of actor Pasupati and director Vasanthabalan left Chennai for Cannes. As part of the Les Cinemas du Monde segment, seven Indian films are all set to share the limelight.
In collaboration with the Directorate of Film Festivals in Delhi, Cannes has selected the following films to be screened on May 18 and 19: G. Vasanta Balan's Veyil (Tamil), Dr Bijukumar's Saira (Malayalam), Mridul Toolsidass and Vinay Subramaniam's Missed Call (Hindi/English), Bhavna Talwar's Dharm, Mani Ratnam's Guru (Hindi), Raj Kumar Hirani's Lage Raho Munna Bhai (Hindi) and Rituparno Ghosh's Dosar (Bengali).
Cannes will also witness two big Indian film premieres - Ashutosh Gowatrikar's Jodha Akbar and Vivek Agnihotri's Goal. Please note: Thankar Bachchan’s Pallikoodam and Ameer’s much hyped Paruthiveeran could never make it to Cannes. Prakash Raj has taken a print of his Mozhi to be shown in the non-competitive section.
Mani Ratnam, Suhasini and Prakash Raj are already in Cannes. Shankar will be in Cannes only for a few days and is likely to be back in Chennai next week before the prints of Sivaji are printed.
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