Hindi Films screened at Cannes International Film Festival
The Festival de Cannes had lifted the curtain in 1946 after a six-year-long break for the Second World War. Chetan Anand’s acclaimed Neecha Nagar among the Indian films at Cannes Film Festival 1946 earned the top award, Grand Pix du Festival International du Film, and shared it with David Lean’s Brief Encounters.
In 1952, filmmaker Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram’s Marathi biopic Amar Bhupali (The Immortal Song) represented Indian Cinema at Cannes Film Festival.
In 1955 there were two films screened at Cannes and they are Biraj Bahu and Boot Polish.
Bimal Roy had 3 films screened at Cannes- Do Bigha Zamin (1953), Biraj Bahu (1954) and Sujata (1960).
Satyajit Ray had 4 films screened at Cannes - Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road) (1955), Parash Pathar (The Philosopher's Stone) (1958), Devi The Goddess) (1960), and Ganashatru (Enemy of the People') (1990)
Mrinal Sen had 3 films screened at Cannes - Ek Din Pratidin (And Quiet Rolls the Dawn) (1979), Kharij (The Case Is Closed) (1982) and Khandhar (The Ruins) (1983).
K.A.Abbas had 2 films screened at Cannes and they are Pardesi (1957) and The Naxalites (1980).
Anurag Kashyap had 4 films screened at Cannes -Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), Ugly (2014), Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016) and Kennedy (2023).
The 1999 Cannes screened Murli Nair’s Marana Simhasanam (The Throne of Death), a Malayalam film from Kerala.
Mithun Chakraborty is the Only Indian Actor with 4 films screened in Cannes International Film Festival.
Balraj Sahni had 3 films screened at Cannes - Do Bigha Zamin (1953), Pardesi (1957) and Garm Hava (1974).
Nawazuddin Siddiqui had 3 films screened at Cannes - The Lunchbox (2013), Psycho Raman (2016) and Manto (2018).
Mithun Chakraborty and Nawazuddin Siddiqui are 2 Indian Actors who had consecutive screening.
Mithun Chakraborty had Gudia (1997), Guru (2007) and Chal Chalein (2009) and Nawazuddin Siddiqui had Psycho Raman (2016) and Manto (2018).
In 1952, filmmaker Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram’s Marathi biopic Amar Bhupali (The Immortal Song) represented Indian Cinema at Cannes Film Festival.
In 1955 there were two films screened at Cannes and they are Biraj Bahu and Boot Polish.
Bimal Roy had 3 films screened at Cannes- Do Bigha Zamin (1953), Biraj Bahu (1954) and Sujata (1960).
Satyajit Ray had 4 films screened at Cannes - Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road) (1955), Parash Pathar (The Philosopher's Stone) (1958), Devi The Goddess) (1960), and Ganashatru (Enemy of the People') (1990)
Mrinal Sen had 3 films screened at Cannes - Ek Din Pratidin (And Quiet Rolls the Dawn) (1979), Kharij (The Case Is Closed) (1982) and Khandhar (The Ruins) (1983).
K.A.Abbas had 2 films screened at Cannes and they are Pardesi (1957) and The Naxalites (1980).
Anurag Kashyap had 4 films screened at Cannes -Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), Ugly (2014), Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016) and Kennedy (2023).
The 1999 Cannes screened Murli Nair’s Marana Simhasanam (The Throne of Death), a Malayalam film from Kerala.
Mithun Chakraborty is the Only Indian Actor with 4 films screened in Cannes International Film Festival.
Balraj Sahni had 3 films screened at Cannes - Do Bigha Zamin (1953), Pardesi (1957) and Garm Hava (1974).
Nawazuddin Siddiqui had 3 films screened at Cannes - The Lunchbox (2013), Psycho Raman (2016) and Manto (2018).
Mithun Chakraborty and Nawazuddin Siddiqui are 2 Indian Actors who had consecutive screening.
Mithun Chakraborty had Gudia (1997), Guru (2007) and Chal Chalein (2009) and Nawazuddin Siddiqui had Psycho Raman (2016) and Manto (2018).
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- DirectorChetan AnandStarsRafiq AnwarUma AnandKamini KaushalWealthy landlord's sewage diversion into village sparks protests led by Balraj against housing project. Sarkar's daughter Maya sides with villagers, falling for Balraj. Epidemic from sewage endangers villagers, threatening Sarkar's power.Chetan Anand’s acclaimed Neecha Nagar among the Indian films at Cannes Film Festival 1946 earned the top award, Grand Pix du Festival International du Film, and shared it with David Lean’s Brief Encounters
- DirectorBimal RoyStarsBalraj SahniNirupa RoyRatan KumarIn the hope of earning enough money to pay off his debts and save his land, a poor farmer becomes a rickshaw puller in Calcutta and faces many difficulties.In the history of Bollywood at Cannes Film Fest, 1954 was the year of Bimal Roy’s classic Do Bigha Zamin (Two Acres of Land). It won the illustrious Prix Internationale at the Cannes 1954
- DirectorBimal RoyStarsKamini KaushalAbhi BhattacharyaShakuntalaNilambhar Chakravorty belongs to a poor family, and lives in a joint family with his married brother, Pitambar, unmarried sister, Punnu, and wife, Biraj. Since his sister is of marriageable age, he arranges her marriage, and borrows some money. When Pitambar comes to know about this, he refuses to share any expense in his sister's marriage, and decides to separate, resulting in a fence being put up between their homes. Nilambher, unable to find employment, is unable to pay back the loan, and soon both he and his wife barely have enough to live on. To complicate matters further, Deodhar, a wealthy young contractor has his eye on Biraj's beauty and would like to be intimate with her, in return for money and a better life. He even hires Biraj's maidservant, Sundari, to lure Biraj to him. One day when Nilambher goes to attend a funeral in a nearby town, and does not come home for two days. When he returns he is told that Biraj had been seen hear Deodhar's place. When he questions her, she refuses to explain and he asks to get out of his house, which she does, and eventually disappears from his life altogether. All Nilambher hears is rumors that Biraj has run away with Deodhar and is leading a comfortable life, but no one knows for sure where she is or why she refused to explain to Nilambher where she was that night.Again it was Bimal Roy whose Biraj Bahu glorified Indian Cinema at Cannes Film Festival 1955. Though it was in competition with Raj Kapoor’s Boot Polish and films from other countries, it bagged the most coveted Palme d’Or.
- DirectorPrakash AroraStarsKumari NaazRatan KumarDavid AbrahamPre-teen brother and sister, abandoned by their father to be taken care of by an abusive prostitute aunt, survive life in an Indian squatters' camp, aided by a friendly cripple, by learning to shine shoes instead of begging.Though it was in competition with Bimal Roy's Biraj Bahu and films from other countries,
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- DirectorBimal RoyStarsNutanSunil DuttShashikala JawalkarA high caste Brahmin household adopts an orphaned lower caste girl, but when a young man from their caste wishes to marry her without knowing her lineage, caste differences flare up again.It was entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.
- DirectorM.S. SathyuStarsBalraj SahniA.K. HangalGeeta KakIn post-partition India, a Muslim businessman and his family struggle for their rights in a country which was once their own.It was screened and nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival
- DirectorShyam BenegalStarsGirish KarnadShabana AzmiAnant NagA man whose wife is abducted seeks to have the culprits prosecuted for their crime, but no one will help him. Meanwhile, the wife-abused and berated by her abductors-cannot bring herself to face her husband.The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.
- DirectorKhwaja Ahmad AbbasStarsMithun ChakrabortySmita PatilJalal AghaA dramatized account of the Naxalite movement, focusing on the average Indians who join the movement from various walks of life and from various regions, backgrounds, faiths, etc.The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1980
- DirectorMrinal SenStarsShabana AzmiNaseeruddin ShahAnnu KapoorSubhash is a photographer from the city, who has come to take pictures of some old temples and ruins in a village. Ruins fascinate him. While in the village, he gets acquainted with a young woman, Jamini, who has had her heart broken in the past, by another visitor from the big city. Will history repeat itself, or will she find a way out of the ruins at last?It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.
- DirectorMira NairStarsShafiq SyedAnjaanAmrit PatelYoung Krishna struggles to survive among the drug dealers, pimps, and prostitutes in the back alleys and gutters of India.In 1988, New York based Indian Filmmaker Mira Nair’s Salaam Bombay stole the show with the jury of Cannes Film Festival. It won both the Camera d’Or and the Audience Award at Cannes 1988.
- DirectorGoutam GhoseStarsMithun ChakrabortyNandana SenPran SikandJohnny, a musician, belongs to the itinerent troupe of Hameed the ventriloquist. The star attraction of their show is the talking doll Urvashi - seductress, eternal child-woman, one who cannot age or die. When Hameed's voice fails, he sells Urvashi to Johnny, who returns to his small neighbourhood in suburban Mumbai. He reunites with his childhood sweetheart Rosemary and plans to resume his stage performances with Urvashi. To Rosemary who is eager to help Johnny, Urvashi almost seems like the other woman. Johnny's music and his talking doll are a hit with audiences which only fuels Rosemary's insane jealousy. Communal riots break out in the city and Johnny's songs unveil the true culprits behind the controversy. They hit back and Urvashi is destroyed. Johnny is silenced because his medium of expression is gone. Now Rosemary draws him out of his despair, brings him back on the stage and dances in place of Urvashi - the woman becomes the doll.It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
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