{"id":13225,"date":"2016-04-29T19:52:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T19:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=13225"},"modified":"2016-07-16T10:37:03","modified_gmt":"2016-07-16T10:37:03","slug":"history-of-indian-films-at-cannes-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/history-of-indian-films-at-cannes-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Moments of Indian Cinema at Cannes Film Festival from 1946 to 1999"},"content":{"rendered":"
With Cannes on the French Riviera rolling out the red carpet for its annual film festival commencing on May 11, we at IndianEagle<\/span> leafed through the history of Indian Cinema at Cannes Film Festival from 1946 to 1999.<\/strong> Iconic films by legendary filmmakers like Bimal Roy, Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Goutam Ghose and Chetan Anand won prestigious awards at Cannes and depicted India to a global audience from different perspectives. Let\u2019s rejoice in the golden moments of Indian Cinema at Cannes from the last five decades of the 20th century, once again.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The Festival de Cannes had lifted the curtain in 1946 after a six-year-long break for the Second World War. Chetan Anand\u2019s acclaimed Neecha Nagar<\/em> among the Indian films at Cannes Film Festival 1946 earned the top award, Grand Pix du Festival International du Film,<\/strong> and shared it with David Lean\u2019s Brief Encounters. Starring actress Kamini Kaushal and danseuse Zohra Sehgal, Neecha Nagar<\/em> was the first Indian film to shot to prominence on a global stage. The Grand Pix award has been renamed Palme d\u2019Or. Based on a short story by Hayatulla Ansari, Neecha Nagar<\/em> depicts social realism through a grim picture of chasm between the rich and the poor in the then Indian society.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n In 1952, filmmaker Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram\u2019s Amar Bhupali<\/em> (The Immortal Song) represented Indian Cinema at Cannes Film Festival. A Marathi biopic on a poet and a musician Honaji Bala, Amar Bhupali<\/em> is a poignant tale of the last few days of the Maratha Confederacy in the early 19th century.<\/strong> The film portrays the poet as a lover of the musician and as an admirer of the Lavani dance form. Though nominated for the prestigious Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, it managed to an award for Excellence in Sound Recording.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n In the history of Bollywood at Cannes Film Fest, 1954 was the year of Bimal Roy\u2019s classic Do Bigha Zamin<\/em> (Two Acres of Land). It won the illustrious Prix Internationale at the Cannes 1954.<\/strong> A critical take on social realism in post-independence Indian society, Do Bigha Zamin<\/em> depicts the eventful journey of a poor farmer from rural Bengal to Calcutta (now Kolkata) in a futile attempt to save his land from a greedy zamindar. It established Bimal Roy as a pioneer of the neo-realist movement in Indian Cinema.<\/p>\n Also Check<\/strong>\u00a0Black & White Calcutta in 1960s<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nChetan Anand\u2019s Neecha Nagar<\/em> at Cannes 1946<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram\u2019s Amar Bhupali<\/em> at Cannes 1952<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Bimal Roy\u2019s Do Bigha Zameen<\/em> at Cannes 1954<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Bimal Roy’s Biraj Bahu<\/em> at Cannes 1955<\/strong><\/h4>\n