India
will
be
the
official
country
of
honour
at
the
Cannes
Film
Market,
scheduled
to
take
place
from
May
17
to
May
25.
As
the
country
celebrates
its
75th
year
of
Independence,
coinciding
with
Cannes
Film
Festival's
75th
anniversary,
a
brand
new
restoration
of
Indian
cinema
legend
Satyajit
Ray's
rare
movie
Pratidwandi
will
also
be
presented
in
an
exclusive
screening
at
the
movie
gala.
According
to
a
press
release
issued
by
the
festival,
Pratidwandi
is
restored
under
the
National
Film
Heritage
Mission,
a
project
undertaken
by
the
Ministry
of
Information
and
Broadcasting,
Government
of
India.
The
restoration
was
carried
out
by
Prime
Focus
Technologies,
Mumbai,
and
grading
was
supervised
by
renowned
Indian
cinematographer
Sudeep
Chatterjee.
The
restored
version
is
presented
by
the
National
Film
Archive
of
India
(NFDC).
Apart
from
Pratidwandi,
Hollywood
classic
Singin'
In
The
Rain,
will
be
presented
in
a
brand
new
4K
restoration.
The
1952
Gene
Kelly
and
Stanley
Donen
film,
which
details
the
transition
from
silent
film
to
talkies,
will
have
its
screening
on
the
Boulevard
de
la
Croisette.
Indian
film
Thamp
(The
Circus
Tent),
a
1978
Aravindan
Govindan
directorial,
will
have
its
Restoration
World
Premiere
at
the
movie
gala.
Bollywood
star
Deepika
Padukone
has
already
been
announced
as
a
part
of
the
competition
jury
of
the
upcoming
edition
of
the
festival
along
with
prestigious
names
such
as
actor-filmmaker
Rebecca
Hall
and
Iranian
filmmaker
Asghar
Farhadi.
Ms.
Padukone,
best
known
for
her
films
Piku,
Padmaavat
and
Gehraiyaan
and
Hollywood
project
xXx:
The
Return
of
Xander
Cage,
is
part
of
the
eight-member
jury
which
will
reward
one
of
the
21
films
in
competition
with
the
coveted
Palme
d'Or
during
the
closing
ceremony
on
May
28.