Move over couture, classic goes to Cannes

Updated On: 04 May, 2024 07:02 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu

Film archivist Dungarpur breaks down how he restored Manthan over a year-and-a-half as Naseeruddin Shah and he take Shyam Benegal’s gem to Cannes Film Festival

Manthan

Powerful stories have a way of going beyond time and distance. Like Shyam Benegal’s Manthan (1976) that was made over 48 years ago, and is now headed to the Cannes Film Festival. Filmmaker-archivist Shivendra Singh Dungarpur is taking the restored print of the acclaimed movie, which depicted India’s White Revolution spearheaded by the late Dr Verghese Kurien, to the prestigious film gala that kicks off on May 14.

Dungarpur