Indian film ‘Masaan’ was showcased at the 68th Cannes Film Festival on May 19 in Un Certain Regard section and received a long standing ovation at the end.
Writer Sudhish Kamath took to Twitter to express his joy of having wooed Cannes.
Directed by first time director Neeraj Ghaywan, ‘Masaan’ is set in Varanasi. He apparently broke down at the unstoppable five-minute long applause.
‘Masaan’ follows the stories of four people from a small town and how they fit in to the moralities. As told to IndianExpress.com, prior to the festival, Neeraj said, “One of the stories in the film looks at the cremation grounds of the city and the people from the Dom community, whose livelihood depends on someone’s death.
Another character (essayed by Richa Chadda) portrays the role of a receptionist at a coaching centre and after a one-night sexual encounter, she is enveloped by a sense of guilt.The third story revolves around Richa’s father (played by Sanjay Mishra) who works as a pandit selling puja material at the ghats.” The story has been written by Ghaywan and it took him three years to eventually complete the script, which was written by Varun Grover, who has also written the lyrics and dialogues for the film.
Indian Express film critic Shubhra Gupta also tweeted to praise ‘Masaan’ along with the other entry ‘Chauthi Koot’ at Cannes.
No entry without high heels? Emily Blunt calls it ‘very disappointing’
Perhaps not since Cinderella lost a glass slipper at the ball has there been such a stir about glamorous footwear as there was on Tuesday in Cannes over a report that women had been turned away from a film premiere for failing to wear heels.
Social media and the festival gossip circuit lit up after the Screen Daily trade publication reported that a handful of women had been refused entry to Sunday’s premiere of Todd Haynes’s lesbian romance “Carol” for wearing flats.
Festival director Thierry Fremaux tweeted: “For the steps, the rules haven’t changed. ‘No smoking, evening wear.’ There is no mention of heels.”
Asif Kapadia, the director of the Amy Winehouse documentary “Amy,” said on Twitter that his wife was initially refused entry to his film’s Cannes premiere on Saturday because she was not wearing heels, but she was eventually allowed in.
Actress Emily Blunt, asked about the Screen Daily report, called it “very disappointing, obviously”.
“I think everyone should wear flats to be honest, at the best of times, we shouldn’t wear high heels anyway, that’s just my point of view. I just prefer wearing combat sneakers,” Blunt said at a news conference to launch her competition film “Sicario”.
