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SURINA NARULA is well-known for her philanthropy and support for the arts - she founded the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and was one of the main sponsors behind the Jaipur Literature Festival when it first started.
She also has a long history of supporting film and she explains why and how she came to be involved in promoting filmmakers, especially those from India.
Her long engagement with Cannes also means she has a perspective on how the story of India at Cannes has changed - in the past, India tended to host a large party on one the beaches here and it was well attended and a much sought after invite - unlike other parties here, the food was pretty much a proper dinner buffet - with both vegetarian and non-vegetarian biriyani options and in the recent past even celebrities such as Deepika Padukone and AR Rahman came to the India pavilion to help open and launch it - this year there was no one that stayed around much…by the time we arrived there was no Bollywood presence to speak of - though Urvashi Rautela was about - we have an interview with her coming - it was done only yesterday (May 22).
Having said that about India at Cannes and Narula alludes to it - there are four films in offical selection which are set in India…see www.asianculturevulture.com for more on this… and follow the stories and reviews on the site for ‘The Shameless’, ‘Santosh’, ‘Sister Midnight’ and of course the first film in the prestigious and top Competition section, director Payal Kapadia’s ‘All We Imagine As Light’ which has its official world Red Carpet premiere here in Cannes tonight (May 23). We spoke to Kapadia ahead of the screening and our interview should be out following the press conference to the film here tomorrow.
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A Big Talent Media production for www.asianculturevulture.com
Camera: Natalie Barrass, Adrianne McKenzie
Editing: Adrianne McKenzie
Presenter/producer: Sailesh Ram
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