26th May 2023, Mumbai : Cannes 2023, is treating India so well and this year India is lucky charm for Cannes no doubt. Anurag Kashyap’s direction movie Kennedy, which is ready to premiere in Cannes is successfully done and also received a 7 minutes Standing ovation. Yes you watch and hear it right. Kennedy is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir thriller film has finally screened at 12:15 Am at the Grand Lumiere Theater at the 76th Cannes Film festival 2023.
Anurag Kashyap’s Kennedy is India’s 1st movie to screened in the midnight section at Grand Lumiere. Anurag not only here for the first time for films, he came before to present his films like Ram Raghav 2.0, Ugly, Bombay talkies, and the part two of gangster drama and Gangs of wasseypur.
The special moment Kennedy movie is a come here for screening is a different feeling, director Anurag Kashyap says – “It’s always special to show your film to the world at Cannes and it’s a lifetime moment to play at the Grand Theatre Lumiere. Kennedy is a very special film to me and extremely personal too. We have put our heart and soul into making this film. 7 mins long standing ovation from the audience has made me full of gratitude. I am very grateful and excited at the same time.”
Leads actors were also so happy to see the 7 minutes Standing ovation, their hardwork pay off here, actress Sunny Leone said – “Kennedy being screened here. It’s only a dream few actors get to live, and I take a lot of pride in being a part of such a prestigious event. I cannot wait to see how the global audience reacts.”
Rahul Bhatt also expressed this feeling and said – “Kennedy is our labor of love. The film is exciting, it keeps you gripped. And as I, along with my team, enter the coveted red carpet of Cannes and show our film to the world, I am full of gratitude for everyone, especially Anurag, who made this possible.”
Kennedy is written and directed by Anurag Kashyap with the leading actors, Sunny Leone and Rahul Bhatt, produced by Zee Studios and Ranjan Singh & Kabir Ahuja of Good Bad Films. The DOP of the film is Sylvester Fonseca. The music of the film is composed by Ashish Narula with Aamir Aziz & Boyblanck. The editing of the film is done by Tanya Chhabria and Deepak Kattar. The sound design of the film is done by Kunal Sharma and Dr Akshay Indikar.
The movie gets mind-blowing response at Cannes and no doubt, it will be loved by globally also.
By – Anushka Dutta
