March 29, 2024

Kanu Behl’s Agra gets a 5-minute standing ovation at Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival | Hindi Movie News

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It was in 2014 when Kanu Behl went to Cannes for the first time, his debut film Titli was part of Un Certain Regard, Cannes. But this time around his film Agra was part of Directors’ Fortnight and it was the only Indian feature selected in this category this year. After its premiere the film got a 5-minute long standing ovation from the crowd present there
The premiere was attended by co-writer and director Kanu along with actors Priyanka Bose, Mohit Agarwal, producers Siddharth Anand Kumar, Sahil Sharma, and William Jehannin. The film is also a comeback film for Rahul Roy of Aashiqui fame.
The film, written by Kanu Behl and Atika Chohan, is an exploration of sexual dynamics within a family, and the deep dystopian fractures created in a modern India fast shrinking into pigeon-holed spaces.
Kanu Behl, the writer-director of the film says, “It was overwhelming to see a story that took me on a very personal journey, received with such love and warmth on the global stage. ‘Agra’ reflects a very specific milieu but the story it tells about the politics of sexual repression and the tangled skeins of desire, is universal and that’s what the audiences responded to. I feel truly rewarded that the film’s journey has begun on such an uplifting note. To see it being celebrated in the prestigious Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes gives me hope that it will open the way for difficult conversations about things we don’t address in our homes.”





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