madhur
bhandarkar
has
returned
to
Mumbai
after
a
week
long
trip
to
Cairo.
He
was
in
the
city
for
the
33rd
Cairo
International
Film
Festival
where
he
was
felicitated
for
his
contribution
to
cinema.
Also,
five
of
his
films,
namely
Chandni
Bar,
Page
3,
Corporate,
Traffic
Signal
and
Fashion,
were
showcased
under
the
section
'Tribute
to
Indian
Cinema.'
"It
was
a
great
trip
since
it
reaffirmed
that
Indian
films
do
get
some
very
good
recognition
abroad
if
presented
in
the
right
film
festivals.
They
chose
five
of
my
recent
films
to
be
showcased
and
response
was
quite
good",
says
Madhur
whose
Jail
has
released
a
fortnight
back.
While
other
invitees
were
aware
about
his
films
like
Chandni
Bar,
Page
3
and
Fashion,
the
films
that
caught
many
of
them
by
surprise
were
Traffic
Signal
and
Corporate.
"These
films
were
poles
apart
and
the
narrative
style
was
entirely
different
too",
says
Madhur,
"They
were
quite
surprised
that
the
setting
of
both
these
films
was
quite
different
as
Traffic
Signal
was
mostly
shot
outdoors
while
Corporate
had
a
board
room
setting
to
it.
Also,
they
both
were
set
in
different
socio-economic
zones."
Earlier
this
year,
Madhur
had
also
travelled
to
Moscow
International
Film
Festival
for
a
similar
retrospective.
However,
in
Cairo
he
wasn't
alone
as
he
also
had
Irrfan
Khan
for
company.
The
actor,
who
was
last
seen
in
masala
thriller
Acid
Factory,
and
is
a
global
name
courtesy
The
Namesake,
Slumdog
Millionaire
and
other
films
from
the
West,
was
also
felicitated
for
his
contribution
to
cinema.