Nandita Das misses Cannes, reminds everyone 'It's A festival of films, not clothes'

Nandita Das shared a post on her Instagram handle on Sunday (May 21) recalling her appearance at Cannes. filmmaker and actress mentioned she is missing being at festival, which she attended in 2005, 2013, 2016-2018. She also reminded people that Cannes is a ‘festival of films and not of clos’.  

Sharing pictures from her Cannes appearance throughout years, Nandita wrote her caption, “Sly missing Cannes this year. Sometimes people seem to forget that it is a festival of films and not of clos! Considering I can’t show you amazing films I watched or conversations I have h or take you back in time when Manto premiered re. Here are a few images through years in Cannes. And only ones in Saris as re is a fair amount of chatter about ‘celebrities who wore saris in Cannes’. Well it is surely my go-to garment. Simple, elegant and Indian. Least fussy - easy to get in and get out of it!”

“Each of images have an interesting story behind it but too long to share. So feel free to make up your own story from photos you see. And guess year y are from - 2005, 20013, 2016-2018,” she ded. 

Nandita Das at Cannes over years 

Nandita Das has served on festival's jury two times. Once in 2005, in main competition jury alongside Salma Hayek, Fatih Akin, Javier Bardem, Benoit Jacquot, Toni Morrison, Emir Kusturica, Agnes Varda, and John Woo. Next in 2013, along with Semih Kaplanolu, Nicoletta Braschi, Maji-da Abdi, Jane Campion, and Maji-da Abdi, in Cinéfondation and short films category. Her film Manto starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui also h its world premiere in Un Certain Regard category at Cannes in 2018. 

On work front, Nandita Das last directed Zwigato starring Kapil Sharma and Shahana Goswami. film narrates story of Manas (Kapil Sharma), who becomes a food delivery app driver called Zwigato after losing his job during COVID-19 pandemic. He struggles to make ends meet while dealing with impatient customers. However, his wife Pratima (Shahana Goswami) supports him in such times which makes his life easier. film portrayed how to face such difficult circumstances in life.