Cannes, May 23 (PTI) Indian filmmaker
Anurag Kashyap's
"Gangs of Wasseypur" is certainly making the right noises at
the 65th Cannes Film Festival where the world premiere of the
film received a full house.
Crowd linned up the streets to lend their support for
Bollywood film, being screened at Director's Fortnight
section, an independently-curated, non-competitive event that
runs concurrently with the festival.
Actresses Huma Quereshi,
Richa Chadda and
Reema Sen, and
music director Sneha Khanwalkar joined Kashyap and the male
leads Manoj Bajpayee and
Nawazuddin Siddiqui on the red
carpet.
"
Gangs Of Wasseypur", based on the coal mafia of Dhanbad
in the east Indian state of Bihar, has been divided into two
parts. The first part is set to hit the Indian theatres on
June 22.
Vasan Bala directed "Peddlers", another film from
Kashyap's production house, was also premiered at Cannes
Tuesday evening. The film is competing at the International
Critics Week.