Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan honours Cannes laureates from the state, see pics

The Kerala Government has honoured the Malayali film professionals who shone at the Cannes Film Festival The cast of the film All We Imagine as Light which won the Grand Prix award including Kani Kusruti Divya Prabha Hridhu Haroon and Aziz Nedumangad were recognized for their achievementsAdditionally Santosh Sivan who received the Pierre Angenieux ExcelLens in Cinematography Award was also honouredView this post on InstagramA post shared by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy chalachitraacademyFilmmaker Payal Kapadia made history on May 25 bagging the Grand Prix Award for the film All We Imagine As Light All We Imagine As Light premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in its muchfeted competition section on May 23 It was the first Indian film to feature in the festivals main segment in 30 yearsIt really takes a village said Kapadia while thanking her team behind the film This film is about the friendship between three different women and often times women are pitted against each other This is the way our society is designed and it is really unfortunate But for me friendship is an important relationship It can lead to greater solidarity and inclusivity and empathy towards each other which is why I feel these are the values which we should always strive for Payal said in her acceptance speech receiving a thunderous applauseAll We Imagine As Light follows the lives of two nurses from Kerala Prabha Kani Kusruti and Anu Divyaprabha colleagues at a Mumbai hospital and roommates When Prabha receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband her regular life is disrupted In the spacecrunched city her younger roommate Anu struggles to find a spot to be intimate with her boyfriend When they take a trip to a coastal town their lives undergo a changeThe update had left every Indian elated Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated filmmaker Payal Kapadia after her film All We Imagine As Light won the prestigious Grand Prix at the Cannes Film FestivalTaking to his official handle X he praised her for the historical win at the prestigious film festival PM Modi wrote India is proud of Payal Kapadia for her historic feat of winning the Grand Prix at the 77th Cannes Film Festival for her work All We Imagine as Light An alumnus of FTII her remarkable talent continues to shine on the global stage giving a glimpse of the rich creativity in India This prestigious accolade not only honours her exceptional skills but also inspires a new generation of Indian filmmakersIndia is proud of Payal Kapadia for her historic feat of winning the Grand Prix at the 77th Cannes Film Festival for her work lsquoAll We Imagine as Lightrsquo An alumnus of FTII her remarkable talent continues to shine on the global stage giving a glimpse of the rich creativity inhellip pictwittercomaMJbsbmNoEmdash Narendra Modi narendramodi May 26 2024with inputs from ANI