Prior to leaving the Cannes Film Festival and returning to India to finish work on Vishwaroopam 2, Dr Haasan extended his congratulations to the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting and FICCI. ‘It is important that the filmmakers of today find the right people to connect with,’ he said. ‘And so it is a great initiative on part of the Ministry of I&B and FICCI to develop the programme of the India Pavilion in such a way that many important international names in the film business have been coming to the pavilion – providing Indian filmmakers and delegates at Cannes the rare opportunity to interact with them.
The international community too will benefit from the wealth of knowledge about the Indian film sector that will be at their disposal thanks to these interactive panel discussions, these one-on-one meetings, and from the India Film Guide, which contains all sector-relevant information for Indian cinema today. As an Indian filmmaker, I am proud to have been part of this wonderful endeavor by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in making the India Pavilion at Cannes a hub of networking, business and informative interactions to promote partnerships between the Indian film fraternity and the global one.
Haasan lauded the new breed of filmmakers in India, who are straying from the path of the commercial mainstream formulas. said that co-production treaties allow the filmmakers of today opportunities that were unthinkable a decade or two ago.
