Nagpur: ‘Paera’, Marathi film produced by city theater activists and filmmakers Sanjay Jiwane, will be screened on the first day of the 74th Cannes Film Festival, which made a comeback in physical format for the first time since the Covid outbreak -19.
This film is one of the official choices for the ‘March Du Film’ Cannes section, where filmmakers and investors gather on one platform.
This year, more than 10,000 entries are received from 130 countries for this section.
According to the official Cannes website, 1,500 of them have been selected for discraning.
“We accept official correspondence today.
Our film will be screened on July 6, the first day of the festival.
It is a great honor for the film made in Nagpur,” Jiwane said.
The team was invited to France, but it was impossible for them to visit because of travel prohibitions.
This film is an adoption on the screen from the Marathi game with the same name written by Jiwane.
Inspired by the life message from Babasaheb Ambedkar that ‘Pen is stronger than the sword’, this game describes the struggle of a mother to educate her child in the holy and anti-social areas of slums.
Pick-pocket, a murderer, and bullies, he never let his evil shadow fall on his son.
It was first staged in 1991 in Nagpur.
Jiwane and his team organized several game shows for the next seven years.
It is a pretty popular game and has won many awards too.
“When we decided to make a film on it, I made a point to have all the artists, and the location of Nagpur.
We did a workshop and did take pictures at SMA Girls Bhide, Dhanwate National College, Kachipura and many other locations,” Remember Jiwane.
Princess and actress Jiwane Sanchi have played the lead in the film.
When it was locking, the team that categorically decided to send a film only at a film festival around the world.
It has won several recognition throughout the world, the official selection for Cannes is the biggest.
The team has planned to release this film in theaters after the government allows the theater to function awards and recognition at ILM Division Festivalwas for many international film events now, go to the Cannes Film Festival in the ‘Marché du movie’ ‘