Kamal Haasan To Lead Official Indian Delegation To Cannes
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By Ians English
Actor-filmmaker
Kamal
Hassan,
who
is
also
chairman
of
FICCI
Media
and
Entertainment
Committee-South,
will
lead
the
Indian
delegation
to
the
67th
Cannes
International
Film
Festival,
which
begins
on
Wednesday.
Apex
business
chamber
in
India
-
the
Federation
of
Indian
Chambers
of
Commerce
and
Industry
(FICCI),
for
the
first
time
this
year,
is
co-ordinating
on
behalf
of
the
ministry
of
information
and
broadcasting
for
the
India
Pavilion
at
the
gala.
Kamal
will
lead
the
official
Indian
delegation
to
Cannes
and
inaugurate
the
pavilion
along
with
luminaries
such
as
Arun
K
Singh,
Indian
Ambassador
to
France;
Bimal
Julka,
Secretary,
Ministry
of
Information
and
Broadcasting;
Jerome
Paillard,
executive
director,
Marche
du
Film
(the
Cannes
Film
Market);
and
actor-producer
Uday
Chopra.
The
India
Pavilion
will
showcase
Indian
cinema
across
linguistic,
cultural
and
regional
diversity,
with
the
aim
of
forging
an
increasing
number
of
international
partnerships
in
the
realms
of
distribution,
production,
filming
in
India,
script
development
and
technology,
and
promoting
film
sales
and
syndication.
"Indian
films
-
including
south
Indian
ones
-
have
been
selected
and
honoured
at
the
Cannes
Film
Festival
for
many
years
now.
I'm
happy
to
be
part
of
the
official
Indian
delegation,
which
will
allow
me
the
chance
to
speak
to
the
world
film
community
about
the
Indian
film
industry
today.
"As
chairman
of
the
FICCI
Media
and
Entertainment
Committee
-
South,
I
am
delighted
to
have
this
opportunity
to
also
speak
about
the
development
of
the
southern
industry,
which
has
been
a
special
focus
of
mine
for
the
last
five
years,"
Kamal
said
in
a
statement.