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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