Deepika Padukone to be part of Cannes Film Festival jury
Mumbai Apr 27 PTI Bollywood star Deepika Padukone is part of the competition jury of the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival along with prestigious names such as actor-filmmaker Rebecca Hall and Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi festival organisers announcedPadukone best known for her films Piku Padmaavat and Gehraiyaan and Hollywood project xXx The Return of Xander Cage is part of the eight-member jury which will reward one of the 21 films in competition with the coveted Palme dOr during the closing ceremony on Saturday May 28French actor Vincent Lindon will be the President of the jury that also includes Swedish actor Noomi Rapace Italian actor-director Jasmine Trinca French filmmaker-actor Ladj Ly filmmaker Jeff Nichols and director-screenwriter Joachim Trier from NorwayIn a statement posted on the official website of the festival Lindon said the jury will strive to take the best possible care of the films of the futureIt is a great honour and source of pride to be entrusted in the midst of the tumult of all the events we are going through in the world with the splendid weighty task of chairing the Jury of the 75th International Cannes Film FestivalWith my jury we will strive to take the best possible care of the films of the future all of which carry the same secret hope of courage loyalty and freedom with a mission to move the greatest number of women and men by speaking to them of their common wounds and joys Culture helps the human soul to rise and hope for tomorrow Lindon saidLate filmmaker Mrinal Sen was the first Indian to serve as jury member of Cannes back in 1982 followed by Indian-American director Mira Nair in 1990Author Arundhati Roy was a Cannes jury member for the festivals 2000 edition followed by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in 2003 Nandita Das in 2005 Sharmila Tagore in 2009 Shekhar Kapur in 2010 and Vidya Balan in 2013Padukone 36 was earlier the chairperson of Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival for two yearsShe found fame with her 2007 film Om Shanti Om co-starring Shah Rukh Khan and later featured in several blockbuster and critically-acclaimed movies like Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Chennai Express Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela Bajirao Mastani Padmaavat and PikuThe actor who was most recently seen in Shakun Batras Gehraiyaan made her Hollywood debut with the 2017 actioner xXx The Return of Xander Cage fronted by Vin DieselPadukone has a busy slate of projects which includes Shah Rukh Khan-led Pathan Fighter with Hrithik Roshan an untitled movie with Prabhas and the Hindi remake of Hollywood movie The Intern PTI JUR RB BK BK
Mumbai Apr 27 PTI Bollywood star Deepika Padukone is part of the competition jury of the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival along with prestigious names such as actor-filmmaker Rebecca Hall and Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi festival organisers announcedPadukone best known for her films Piku Padmaavat and Gehraiyaan and Hollywood project xXx The Return of Xander Cage is part of the eight-member jury which will reward one of the 21 films in competition with the coveted Palme dOr during the closing ceremony on Saturday May 28French actor Vincent Lindon will be the President of the jury that also includes Swedish actor Noomi Rapace Italian actor-director Jasmine Trinca French filmmaker-actor Ladj Ly filmmaker Jeff Nichols and director-screenwriter Joachim Trier from NorwayIn a statement posted on the official website of the festival Lindon said the jury will strive to take the best possible care of the films of the futureIt is a great honour and source of pride to be entrusted in the midst of the tumult of all the events we are going through in the world with the splendid weighty task of chairing the Jury of the 75th International Cannes Film FestivalWith my jury we will strive to take the best possible care of the films of the future all of which carry the same secret hope of courage loyalty and freedom with a mission to move the greatest number of women and men by speaking to them of their common wounds and joys Culture helps the human soul to rise and hope for tomorrow Lindon saidLate filmmaker Mrinal Sen was the first Indian to serve as jury member of Cannes back in 1982 followed by Indian-American director Mira Nair in 1990Author Arundhati Roy was a Cannes jury member for the festivals 2000 edition followed by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in 2003 Nandita Das in 2005 Sharmila Tagore in 2009 Shekhar Kapur in 2010 and Vidya Balan in 2013Padukone 36 was earlier the chairperson of Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival for two yearsShe found fame with her 2007 film Om Shanti Om co-starring Shah Rukh Khan and later featured in several blockbuster and critically-acclaimed movies like Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani Chennai Express Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela Bajirao Mastani Padmaavat and PikuThe actor who was most recently seen in Shakun Batras Gehraiyaan made her Hollywood debut with the 2017 actioner xXx The Return of Xander Cage fronted by Vin DieselPadukone has a busy slate of projects which includes Shah Rukh Khan-led Pathan Fighter with Hrithik Roshan an untitled movie with Prabhas and the Hindi remake of Hollywood movie The Intern PTI JUR RB BK BK
