Desi divas take over Cannes 2024! Meet Anasuya Sengupta & Omara Shetty

At the 2024 Cannes Film Festival Konstantin Bojanovs film The Shameless premiered in the Un Certain Regard section The movie stars newcomers Anasuya Sengupta and Omara Shetty Both actors attended the red carpet event and the photocall session for the filmDesi divas take over 2024 Cannes Film FestivalAnasuya has acted in Anjan Duttarsquos Madly Bangalee 2009 and worked as a production designer on films like Sanjeev Sharmarsquos Saat Uchakkey 2016 and Srijit Mukherjirsquos Forget Me Not from the anthology Ray 2021 Omara on the other hand starred in Phone Bhoot 2022 alongside Katrina KaifAs per the festival website The Shameless is about Renuka who flees a Delhi brothel after killing a policeman In the dead of night Renuka escapes from a Delhi brothel after stabbing a policeman to death She takes refuge in a community of sex workers in northern India where she meets Devika a young girl condemned to a life of prostitution Their bond develops into a forbidden romance Together they embark on a perilous journey to escape the law and forge their path to freedomrdquoRenuka is played by Anasuya Sengupta whereas Omara plays DevikaAbout India at 2024 Cannes Film FestivalFriday evening saw a French theatre in Cannes reverberating with the magic of Indian storytelling courtesy of Shyam Benegals classic Manthan Starring late Smita Patil and actor Naseeruddin Shah Manthan which was inspired by the pioneering milk cooperative movement of Verghese Kurien who led Operation Flood to transform India from a milkdeficient country to the worlds biggest milk producer and is credited for creating the billion dollar brand Amul created waves at the ongoing 77th edition of Cannes Film Festival with its premiereThe screening of Manthan was attended by Naseeruddin Shah his wife Ratna Pathak Shah Prateik Babbar actor and son of Smita Patil Nirmala Kurien daughter of the legendary Dr Verghese Kurien Father of the White Revolution Anita Patil Deshmukh and Manya Patil Seth sisters of Smita Patil and Dr Jayen Mehta Managing Director Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd the producers of the filmAt the French Riviera while talking to Brut India about his feelings about the films screening nearly 50 years later Shah said It felt unreal to me I have always seen the red carpet ceremony either on video or in photographs I have seen all these lovely ladies parading themselves in their gorgeous costumes I never dreamt Id be a part of that one day So my wife and I decided to keep it as simple as possible And of course it was a terribly emotional experience Because there were so many friends who were in the film Girish was a friend and my teacher He was the director of FTII Smita was a dear friend and so was Amrish None of them are there any longer So it was a moving experience I could hardly hold back the tears And I find that the film has really stood the test of time