The 66th Cannes International Film Festival will showcase two Indian films "Monsoon Shootout" and "Bombay Talkies" in two different sections. The film festival will begin from May 15 and will end on May 26 at France this year.
"Monsoon Shootout" will be screened as a part of Midnight Screening, while "Bombay Talkies" will be shown at the Gala Screening, said a press statement on the official website of the film festival.
Amit Kumar's "Monsoon Shootout" is the story of a recruit Indian cop, who encounters a suspected gangster in a dead-end and has to take decision whether to shoot him or not. Three separate scenarios discover his decision making on other people's lives. The film has been co-produced by Martijn de Grunt, Anurag Kashyap and Guneet Monga and features Vijay Verma, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Tannishtha Chatterjee in the lead role.
"Bombay Talkies", a collection of four stories, directed by different directors - Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Karan Johar and the movie has been made as a tribute to the 100 years of Indian cinema. The short stories features big names like Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Katrina Kaif, Randeep Hooda.
The festival will opened with the screening of Baz Luhrmann directed "The Great Gatsby", starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire,Indian and superstar Amitabh Bachchan in a special role.
French crime drama "Zulu" will bring the curtains down on the festival.
-With inputs from IANS
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