Veyyil too goes to Cannes
By:
Settu
Shankar
Monday,
April
02,
2007
It
is
a
big
honour
for
any
film
maker
when
his
film
gets
screened
at
any
international
film
festival.
This
time
Ameer,
Thankar
Bachan
and
Vasantha
Balan
have
got
the
chance
to
have
their
movies
screened
at
the
prestigious
60
th
Cannes
Film
Festival.
Thousands
of
movies
will
be
screened
and
hundreds
of
directors
from
all
over
the
world
will
participate
in
this
mega
event,
which
will
be
held
from
May
16th
till
the
27th.
Paruthi
Veeran
had
already
secured
a
place
in
the
festival
nearly
a
month
ago.
It
is
said
that
Ameer,
the
director
of
the
film,
has
included
a
few
more
scenes
which
was
not
there
in
the
original
version,
only
to
grab
the
attention
of
its
international
spectators.
The
climax
scene,
in
particular,
has
been
filmed
very
elaborately
in
this
new
version.
According
to
the
director,
'There
is
no
need
to
worry
about
its
vulgarity.
One
should
only
take
note
of
the
reality
depicted
in
that
scene.
This
is
the
only
reason
behind
its
inclusion...'
Another film selected for the festival is Veyyil. Vasantha Balan, Director of the film told us , Veyyil has been selected in the 'World Cinema - General' category. It is really a great honour for the crew of the film. Veyyil will be screened at the festival on May 19 th at the Le Cinema Du Monde theatre in the evening. We have already sent a print of the film with English sub- titles to the screening committee'. The third film selected for Cannes is Pallikoodam, a Thankar Bachan film. Unlike the earlier two, this film has not been released in India. The movie is being premiered at the Cannes festival.
Director Thankar Bachan said : Pallikoodam is not a local film. It deals with the global issues from an Indian perspective. Generally, there is an alibi in Kollywood. If a film reaches the award committee directly, its commercial values get underestimated by the so-called film pundits. But Pallikoodam will prove this assumption completely wrong'. However, selection of 3 films simultaneously for the Cannes festival has happened for the very first time in Tamil cinema which has generated greater hope and enthusiasm among its creators and they are beginning to think about film making with a fresh perspective.
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