Filmmaker
Sekhar
Kammula
has
been
selected
as
a
six-member
directors
delegation
by
the
National
Film
Development
Corporation
(NFDC)
to
represent
Indian
cinema
at
the
Cannes
Film
Festival
to
be
held
from
May
11
to
May
22.
This
is
the
first
time
that
a
Telugu
director
has
been
selected
to
represent
Indian
cinema
at
the
prestigious
film
fest.
Sekhar,
who
made
trend-setting
films
like
Anand,
Godavari,
Happy
Days
and
Leader,
is
a
part
of
the
directors
delegation
that
include
Anurag
Kashyap,
Anusha
Rizvi,
Dibakar
Banerjee,
Lakshmikant
Shetgaonkar
and
Haobam
Paban
Kumar,
a
documentary
filmmaker
from
Manipur.
The
filmmaker
is
happy
that
his
work
has
been
recognised.
He
is
leaving
for
Cannes
this
evening
(May
12).