Cannes 2023: Sara Ali Khan, Vijay Varma, Esha Gupta And Others Attend Inaguration Of Indian Pavilion | PICS

The India Pavilion at the 76th Cannes Film Festival was opened on Wednesday by Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L Murugan.

Cannes 2023: Sara Ali Khan, Vijay Varma, Esha Gupta And Others Attend Inaguration Of Indian Pavilion

Sara Ali Khan, Khushbu Sundar, Madhur Bhandarkar, Vijay Varma, and Manushi Chillar with Esha Gupta were also present.

According to a report in PTI, Murugan emphasised on India's "timeless tradition of storytelling" at the event, which was gradually being accepted internationally.

He went on to point out that the foundations of “our creative economy” are so strong that “India is well placed to become the world’s leading content creator”.

Guillaume Esmiol, the executive director of the Cannes Marche du Film, was also seated on the dais on the first day of the festival. Esmiol agreed that Indian cinema was becoming more and more integrated with the international film industry, making the nation crucial to the festival.

Sara said, “I think as a nation maybe we are not doing enough, and we should be even more proud and vocal of the culture that we do have, that we should be able to bring to the rest of the world. Cinema and art transcends language, regions, nationalities."

Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar took to his social media hadle to share pictures from the inauguration ceremony of the India Pavilion by Minister L Murugan. He shared a series of pictures featuring Sara Ali Khan, Vijay Varma and others.

Actress and BJP leader Khushbu Sunder also struck a pose with Madhur Bhandarkar and Vijay Varma at the event.

Sharing the pictures, Madhur wrote, "At the Indian Pavilion inauguration in @festivaldecannes 2023. It was a momentous occasion in the presence of Hon’ble MOS @murugan_tnbjp ji and other distinguished Dignatries & Film Industry Colleagues. Was honoured to speak on the Indian Film Industry and its progress on global platform. Let’s keep the momentum going and take #IndianCinema to newer heights.🇮🇳🙏" (All Image: @imbhandarkar/instagram, @ficci_india/twitter).