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Jaipur, 17 May (HS). The popular film “Manthan” (1976) produced by renowned producer director Shyam Benegal, selected in the classic section this year for the famous 77th annual Cannes Film Festival being held in France from 14 to 25 May, will be screened at Cannes on Friday, 17 May. There will be a carpet world premiere show. The work of revival of this 48 year old film Manthan has been done under the leadership of Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, the founding director of the Film Heritage Foundation and an associate of the Dungarpur royal family of southern Rajasthan.
Shivendra Singh Dungarpur told that in this red-carpet world premiere show to be held on May 17 at 3 pm (late night according to Indian time) at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival of France, Sanjay Jaju, Secretary of the Ministry of Information, Government of India, will be present along with him. , Famous film actor Naseeruddin Shah, Prateik Babbar, son of cinema star late Smita Patil, Dr. Anita Patil Deshmukh and Manya Patil Seth, Nirmala Kurian, daughter of late Dr. Verghese Kurien, the father of White Revolution in India, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited. Dr. Jayen Mehta, Managing Director, will also attend the red-carpet world premiere show. The film's producer Shyam Benegal is not able to attend the function due to health reasons.
He told that this time, Shyam Benegal's film “Manthan” (1976), made by the Film Heritage Foundation with the donations collected by five lakh milk producers of Gujarat, has been made capable of high quality screening by doing four-key restoration and revival of the film. Every milk producing farmer had contributed two rupees for the production of this famous film. Along with this, this time the Film Heritage Foundation is also going to do a hat-trick of showcasing its revived films at the Cannes Film Festival. Earlier, two films revived by the Foundation, Aravindam Production's Malayalam film 'Thump' in 2022 and Manipuri filmmaker Aribam Syam's classic film 'Ishaanu' in 2023, have also got the opportunity to participate in the Cannes Festival for two consecutive years. Now this will be the third time when Manthan film will also get the opportunity to participate in the Red Carpet World Premium Show of Cannes.
Famous Indian cinema megastar Amitabh Bachchan, producer director Shyam Benegal and cinematographer Govind Nihalani and film actor Naseeruddin Shah etc. have expressed happiness over the inclusion of their revived film Manthan in the Cannes International Film Festival, saying that this film is close to their heart. Keeps a very close place. He expressed gratitude to Shivendra Singh Dungarpur and his team for their hard work in carrying out the film restoration work.