The world premiere of the Hindi movie Agra by Kanu Behl happened on Wednesday, twenty fourth May throughout Directors\u2019 Fortnight on the 76th Cannes Film Festival. The film, the one Indian image chosen for Directors\u2019 Fortnight this yr, acquired a 5-minute standing ovation.<\/p>\n
Co-writer and director Kanu, actors Priyanka Bose and Mohit Agarwal, and producers Siddharth Anand Kumar, Sahil Sharma, and William Jehannin all attended the premiere.<\/p>\n
Director Kanu Behl believes the film will \u201copen the way for difficult conversations\u201d<\/h2>\n
Speaking in regards to the appreciation and recognition he acquired, Director Kanu mentioned, \u201cIt was overwhelming to see a story that took me on a very personal journey received with such love and warmth on the global stage. \u2018Agra\u2019 reflects a very specific milieu, but the story it tells about the politics of sexual repression and the tangled skeins of desire, is universal, and that\u2019s what the audiences responded to.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added, \u201cI feel truly rewarded that the film\u2019s journey has begun on such an uplifting note. To see it being celebrated in the prestigious Director\u2019s Fortnight at Cannes gives me hope that it will open the way for difficult conversations about things we don\u2019t address in our homes.\u201d<\/p>\n
What is Kanu Bhel\u2019s \u201cAgra\u201d about?<\/h2>\n
\u201cAgra\u2019s\u201d synopsis reads, \u201cGuru (25), a sexually repressed young boy, lives in a small house in Agra. He sleeps in the same room as his mother, and on the upper floor his father lives with a mistress. In an already tiny house, the only available space is the terrace on the upper floor. Guru insists that he loves Mala, an imaginary girl, and will marry her and live with her in a room on the terrace just like his father does with his mistress.\u201d<\/p>\n
The film was produced on the PJLF Three Rivers residence challenge in Italy, with funding offered by the esteemed \u201cCinema du Monde\u201d movie fund.<\/p>\n
Saregama India Ltd, UFO Production, and O28 Films collectively produced the Indo-French film. \u201cAgra\u201d stars Rahul Roy, Priyanka Bose, Mohit Agarwal, Ruhani Sharma, Vibha Chibber, Sonal Jha, and Aanchal Goswami in pivotal roles.<\/p>\n
About Kanu Behl<\/h2>\n
After dabbling in performing, radio, and copywriting, Kanu Behl pursued a significant in movie route on the Satyajit Ray Film and TV Institute in Kolkata. His debut documentary, \u201cAn Actor Prepares,\u201d debuted in France\u2019s Cinema du Reel competitors in 2006. The documentary brief \u201cThree Blind Men<\/a><\/span>\u201d (2007), which ZDF and ARTE commissioned on the Berlin Film Festival, was the subsequent challenge he directed and produced. Following this had been the documentary movies \u2018Found Him Yet?\u2019 and \u2018Over Thresholds\u2019 (2008), each of which had been ordered by NHK, Japan. Kanu, a graduate of the Berlinale Talent Campus and a two-time Berlin Today Award nominee, started writing fiction in 2010.<\/p>\n With Dibakar Banerjee, he co-wrote the extremely acclaimed \u201cLSD\u201d (Love, Sex, and Betrayal), which turned his breakthrough work. The debut movie \u201cTitli<\/a><\/span>\u201d premiered in 2014 at Un Certain Regard, Cannes, and went on to win necessary 8 worldwide accolades, together with the NETPAC and the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics\u2019 Best First Foreign Film (2015). The Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival hosted the world debut of his second brief, \u201cBinnu Ka Sapna,\u201d which went on to win the famend Student Jury Award.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6cc9d68dfb6dff4f3f7ef0731d5fac3e?s=164&r=g\")