STOP PRESS – Indian film in Cannes!

I was surprised the other day when I came upon a headline in the New Indian Express (Chennai edition dated Saturday May 17 2008 11:48 IST) which said ‘Cannes honour for Billa’.
It said “A year after Veyil, the Tamil movie directed by Vasantha Balan, was officially nominated to the Cannes Film Festival; yet another Tamil movie makes it to the Mecca of movie makers.” (Veyvil was in Cinema du Monde, a special side attraction at the festival last year)
Wow! that’s fantastic, I thought, it must have been a last minute addition as I had gone through the official list of this year’s selection and seen no sign of a film from India.
“A superhit film in India already, Billa will now earn international acclaim by being screened at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival as well. It will be screened …


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