On Thursday, the official lineup for the 2023 Cannes Film Festival was revealed, and only one Indian film was included. Kennedy, directed by Anurag Kashyap, has been included in the festivals Midnight Screenings section, which runs from May 16 to May 27.The selection of Anurag Kashyaps Kennedy for the festivals Midnight Screenings section was made public via the official Cannes Film Festival Twitter handle. KENNEDY by Anurag KASHYAP #SéanceDeMinuit/#MidnightScreenings #Cannes2023,” read the post. Abhilash Thapliyal, Sunny Leone, and Rahul Bhatt are in Kennedy. The movies specifics have been kept under wraps.This is not the first time that Anurags films have participated in the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. The now-classic feature film Gangs of Wasseypur had been shown by the filmmaker at the Cannes Directors Fortnight in 2012, an independent section of the Cannes Film Festival. Ugly also received a standing ovation when it was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013 in the Directors Fortnight section. Raman Raghav 2.0 debuted in the Directors Fortnight section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival as well. At the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, Anurag Kashyap directed the anthology film Bombay Talkies, which had also premiered in the Special Screenings section.Responding to the news, producer Sudhir Mishra tweeted, “You cant hold Kashyap down for a really long time . Our person is back !!!!” “This brings so much happiness to @anuragkashyap72 in his home turf with Scorsese, Kore-eda, and Wes Anderson,” the filmmaker Arati Kadav wrote on Twitter. So content and proud. a lot of joy and love.” Alaya F and Karan Mehta were in Anurags final film, Almost Pyaar, which was directed by DJ Mohabbat. On February 3, the romantic musical was released.New works from Martin Scorsese, Wim Wenders, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Todd Haynes, and Hirokazu Kore-eda will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this year. The Main Competition jury will be headed by Swedish filmmaker Ruben stlund, who won the Palme dOr with Triangle of Sadness last year. Jeanne du Barry, a historical drama directed by Mawenn with Johnny Depp portraying Louis XV, is scheduled to open the festival.Kashyap has attended the Cannes Film Festival on a regular basis.His multigenerational gangster cult classic Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) was previously shown at the Cannes Directors Fortnight, an independent Cannes Film Festival selection.Kashyap directed the anthology film Bombay Talkies, which premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival under Special Screenings.At the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, Kashyaps thriller Ugly received a standing ovation in the Directors Fortnight section. In 2016, he released the neo-noir thriller Raman Raghav 2.0, which debuted in the Directors Fortnight section.The Sundance Film Festival pioneered midnight screenings. Cannes remembered the segment for the mid 2010s. According to Cannes, it “holds two or three 12 PM spaces for intriguing type movies or those with testing content”.The majority of the movies information has been kept secret, but Abhilash Thapliyal, Sunny Leone, and Rahul Bhatt star in Kennedy, which will premiere at the festival. In Kashyaps crime drama Ugly, which had its world premiere at Cannes as well, Bhatt also starred. The producers of the film have not yet declared its delivery date.As the news came to the web-based entertainment industry, movie famous people praised Kashyap, with expert chief Sudhir Mishra tweeting, “You cant hold Kashyap down for a really long time. Our guy has returned.Anurag Kashyaps long tryst with CannesKashyaps motion pictures have long found a spot at the Cannes Film Celebration, beginning with his distinguishing strength, the 2012 activity show Poses of Wasseypur. It was screened at the 2012 Cannes Chiefs Fortnight, which is an autonomous segment of the Cannes Film Celebration.His film Ugly was also shown at the Directors Fortnight section the following year, where it got a standing ovation. Again in the Directors Fortnight section, his neo-noir crime drama Raman Raghav 2.0 debuted at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.Aside from these, Anurag Kashyap was one of the overseers of the treasury Bombay Talkies, which additionally debuted under the Unique Screenings area at the 2013 Cannes Film Celebration.The musical romantic drama Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat, starring Alaya F and Karan Mehta, was Kashyaps final film.
