All That Breathes, The Lunchbox, Pather Panchali: Indian films that won big at Cannes Film Festival
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ALL THAT BREATHES (2022): Shaunak Sen’s documentary became won the prize for Best Documentary at Cannes last year
A NIGHT OF KNOWING NOTHING (2021): This documentary from Payal Kapadia was an exploration of student life in India. It also won the Best Documentary Feature award
THE LUNCHBOX (2013): This Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer romantic drama won the Critics Week Viewers Choice Award at Cannes
SALAAM BOMBAY! (1988): Mira Nair won the Camera d’Or and Audience Award for Salaam Bombay at Cannes in 1988. The film would go on to earn an Oscar nomination
KHARIJ (1983): This Bengali language drama won the Jury Prize at Cannes in 1983 and also earned director Mrinal Sen a nomination for the top prize
PATHER PANCHALI (1955): Satyajit Ray’s classic, the first of his Apu Trilogy, won the Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival
BOOT POLISH (1954): Produced by Raj Kapoor and directed by Prakash Arora, Boot Polish earned child artiste Naaz a Special Mention for her performance at Cannes
DO BIGHA ZAMIN (1954): regarded as one of the best Indian films ever, this Bimal Roy classic won the International Prize at Cannes
NEECHA NAGAR (1946): This Chetan Anand film won the Best Film at Cannes in the very first year of the festival. Ironically, it never released in India