Hindi films at Cannes

Here is a look at four Hindi films that won accolades at Cannes in the past like no other Hindi film did .
Neecha Nagar
Chetan Anand’s directional debut based on Maxim Gorky’s “Lower Depths” was India’s first ever film to win a grand prix at the first Cannes Film Festival in 1946. An anti imperialist film, it was Ravi Shanker’s first cinematic score with the first proper usage of dialectical montages by cinematographer, Vidyapati Ghosh.
Mujhe Jeene Do
Sunil Dutt’s first production, a rich dacoit saga where Dutt himself was pitted against Waheeda Rehman. Directed by Mani Bhattacharya, it was shot in actual locations at Chambal. The last scene in which Sunil Dutt is shot dead was appreciated by even Elia Kazan.
Garm Hawa
Ismail Chugtai’s unforgettable script on the cruel pangs of partition was directed by MS Sathyu in 1973. Balraj Sahni’s most memorable and last film, it started the neo wave in Hindi films.
Khandahar
The 1984, classic based on Premendra Mitra’s novel, “Telenapota Abishkar”, the film starred, Nasiruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi and Pankaj Kapoor. Directed by Mrinal Sen, the lighting of Tapas Sen backed by KK Mahajan’s cinematography created image wizardry which helped the film to be screened at Cannes classic section last year.