Indian actresses have all marveled at the Cannes red carpet this year, but where are the Indian films?

This year, no less than 1,854 feature films were selected to be part of the 2019 official selection of the Cannes Film Festival. Up to 39 countries are represented as countries of production or co-production. India is gone.

Filmmaker Onir asked, "What are we to celebrate about Cannes 2019, the movies we're celebrating, or the clothes our actors are wearing and the nights they're attending?" It looks like it's all that We're talking about it. "

On the sidelines of the red carpet and partisan appearances of Bollywood actresses making a splash in social media, a pavilion of India, organized by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Ficci, contributes to forging international partnerships in distribution, production, presents India as a shooting destination and promotes the sale and syndication of films.
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India is perhaps one of the largest film producers in the world, but no film from this country has been ranked in the competition category. The director's fortnight, Un Certain Regard and Critics' Week this year also, except a respite: Achyutan and Dwivedi, three-minute short film Seed Mother who won the third prize in the international section of Nespresso Talents 2019.
Award-winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, a member of the government-led delegation, said it was "unfortunate" that Indian cinema was not present at the gala, but said the prerogative of the festival's programming belonged to the jury.

"The jury decides which films should be screened and we must respect what they want.We must be proud, because people have taken India seriously with regard to our cinema, our digital content … People watch Indian cinema in a big way They know our stars very well

"The activity of our films abroad with big stars has grown considerably abroad. We are taking action and it is a good thing. There are other countries whose films are not there, but perspectives, initiatives and interactions are essential for India to be on the world map, "Bhandarkar told IANS. 19659004] To make his way into such a festival, Bhandarkar stated that it was essential that Indian filmmakers follow the Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak cinemas with "Cannes Value"

Mira Nair was the first Indian to Win the Gold Camera at Cannes for Salaam Bombay The latest Indian film to compete for the coveted Palme D'Or at the prestigious Gala was [Swing] Swaham by Shaji N Karun in 1994.

The southern director Adivi Sesh had raised a relevant point in a Twitter feed on the lack of India's presence in Cannes. "I hope people do not badume that the India, with all its culture, languages ​​and dialects, has not been in m to produce a film worthy of Cannes. It is probably more of the infrastructure needed for the production of a film, "he tweeted.

Producer Guneet Monga, who took advantage of the power of co-productions , said that creative collaborations with producers around the world play a major role. "When you have more creative collaborators and you structure films internationally, as in Europe, there is a lot of mentorship that results in terms of scenario and process. This is what we did with The Lunchbox and Masaan (both were shown in Cannes). I really think that co-productions contribute to the quality of filmmaking and that we turn to it for a global launch.

"It challenges us to make better versions of our own stories, and I strongly encourage people to do more co-productions to be able to tell more Indian stories to the world," Monga, whose co-production of the time. End Of Sentence won an Oscar this year, told IANS.

She explained that film festivals usually take films of very high quality and of great originality. "It's not something that can be questioned or reasoned – we just need to keep going – the co-productions, I would say, will go a long way in shaping the film's narrative in a broadly accepted way. . "

The actress Huma Qureshi, whose two-part film Gangs Of Wbadeypur was presented to the director's section "Fortnight" at the jamboree a few years ago, is at the gala this year and represents a dose of "desi girl"

She told IANS: "In 2012, my first film Gangs of Wbadeypur was presented in Cannes and it was a fine example of a Indian film making French Riveria There have been some others over the years, like Masaan and Manto but the fact is that our industry does not produce and support enough films 19659004] "If we really want to be noticed and presented at world festivals like Cannes, are we ready for ilms where art is celebrated for the sake of art? "

However, Malayalam filmmaker Sbad Kumar Sasidharan finds a silver lining in the Bollywood stars that glitter on the red carpet." That's the only reason why, when a film is presented in Cannes, even in a side section, the media pay some attention. "

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