We are land of stories, Cannes-like festival should happen in India: Shekhar Kapur
May 18, 2022
By Payal Mehta
France [Cannes], May 18 : Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur feels India has strong potential to become the venue for a festival on the scale and level of Cannes Film Festival.
"For too long we've been too impressed with West. The next Cannes is in India because if it's not, then I don't know where Cannes will go. We're the land of stories. The west is plateauing and the east is rising. We are the east, we've to step forward," Kapur said during the inauguration of the Indian pavilion at the 75th edition of the prestigious event.
He added, "We have to step forward confidently that the world will accept us. Let's go forward confidently. This is a moment of confidence. Cannes is extremely important but what is more important is how we use it afterwards. We have to focus on the aftermath of Cannes. We all have to take things seriously."
Kapur is at Cannes as a part of Indian delegation led by Union Minister Anurag Thakur. On Tuesday, he along with R Madhavan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Grammy award-winner Ricky Kej, and Prasoon Joshi walked the red carpet.
