AR Rahman's first directorial film premiering at Cannes, says great honour to be at festival

Festival de Cannes: Cannes Film Festival 2022 holds a special place in Music maestro AR Rahman's heart as his directorial debut 'Le Musk' will have a world premiere in Cannes XR, Marche Du Films.

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Rahman also walked the red carpet on Tuesday, representing the Indian delegation led by I&B Minister Anurag Thakur. Excited to be at Cannes Film Festival, Rahman told ANI," It's is a great honour to be here.

I also have my first directorial film which is premiering at Cannes XR. We all are excited." Earlier in the day, the 'Maa Tujhe Salaam' hitmaker took to Instagram and shared a few pictures from Cannes Film Market's Cannes XR program, where people are seen enjoying the cinematic sensory experience at the event. "#LeMuskthecinematicsensoryexperience," he captioned the post. In another post, he expressed gratitude to his 'Le Musk' team.

"My amazing Lemusk army ..really grateful to my faithful team , who believed in my vision and gave their precious time to work on this project! @festivaldecannes @_akt_ @srghvn @hashimzain @kdoucette10," Rahman wrote, adding a picture with his team. 'Le Musk' is a 36 minute VR film which stars Nora Arnezeder and Guy Burnet in pivotal roles. Other Indian films including R. Madhavan's 'Rocketry: The Nambi Effect' and Biswajeet Bora's 'Boomba Ride' among others wil also be screened at the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.

India has been named a "country of honour" at Cannes this year.

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Akshay Kumar, AR Rahman, Aditi Rao Hydari & Others To Attend The Festival De Cannes 2022

Festival de Cannes: India was announced as the official 'country of honour' at the Marche' Du Films also called Cannes Film Market

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Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar, music maestro A R Rahman, filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, and actor Pooja Hegde are among the film personalities who will walk the red carpet on the opening day of the 75th Cannes Film Festival as part of the Indian contingent. Last week, India was announced as the official 'country of honour' at the Marche' Du Films also called Cannes Film Market, which is held on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival, which begins May 17.

The red carpet event at the 75th Cannes Film Festival will be a gala event for Indian audiences, a press release issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday stated.

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur will lead the delegation from India to Cannes. Renowned folk singer Mame Khan, actors Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Nayanthara, Tamannaah Bhatia and Vani Tripathi, two-time Grammy winning composer Rickey Kej, and CBFC chairman Prasoon Joshi are also part of the Indian contingent to the festival, billed as one of the most prestigious film galas across the globe.

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Actor R Madhavan, whose directorial debut Rocketry: The Nambi Effect is set to have its market screening on May 19, will also walk the red carpet at the gala.

Bollywood star Deepika Padukone is part of the eight-member competition jury of the Cannes Film Festival along with prestigious names such as actor-filmmaker Rebecca Hall and Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi.

Delhi-based filmmaker Shaunak Sen's documentary All That Breathes, India's sole cinematic representation at the main festival, will premiere in the 'Special Screening' segment at the gala.

India's selection as the country of honour coincides with the 75th year of Independence, the 75th anniversary of France-India diplomatic relations and the 75th year of the Cannes Film Festival.

India will also showcase five movies at the 'Goes to Cannes Section'. These movies, which are part of Film Bazaar's Work-In-Progress (WIP) lab, include Baghjan (Assamese, Moran) by Jaicheng Zxai Dohutia, Bailadila (Hindi, Chhattisgarhi) by Shailendra Sahu, Ek Jagah Apni (Hindi) by Ektara Collective, Follower< (Marathi, Kannada, Hindi) by Harshad Nalawade; and Shivamma (Kannada) by Jai Shankar.

At the movie gala, a brand new restoration of master filmmaker Satyajit Ray's rare movie Pratidwandi will also be presented in an exclusive screening. Pratidwandi has been restored under the National Film Heritage Mission, a project undertaken by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

The minister had earlier announced that India is also the 'Country of Honour at the Cannes Next', under which five new start-ups would be given an opportunity to pitch to the audio-visual industry.

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