Satyajit Ray's Aranyer Din Ratri To Be Restored For Cannes 2025, Sharmila Tagore To Attend

Cannes Film Festival 2025 will showcase Indian talent this year, as Satyajit Ray's Bengali adventure film, Aranyer Din Ratri, will be screened at the prestigious event. The film was released in India on January 15, 1970, and left quite an impression on the audience across the nation. Not to forget, Sharmila Tagore's charming character of Aparna has stolen various hearts back then. Now that her film is being restored for the Cannes Film Festival 2025, she will be attending the prestigious event to celebrate the important moment.

Film Heritage Foundation (FHF) has announced that Satyajit Ray's iconic film, Aranyer Din Ratri, will be screened at the Cannes Film Festival 2025. The Bengali film will have a phenomenal screening as it will be attended by well-known dignitaries around the world. Board Member of The Film Foundation, Wes Anderson, lead actress of the film Sharmila Tagore, Simi Garewal, and producer Purnima Dutta will be attending the film festival. Additionally, Executive Director of The Film Foundation Margaret Bodde, Director of Film Heritage Foundation Shivendra Singh Dungarpur and Peter Becker and Fumiko Takagi of The Criterion Collection / Janus Films will also join the premiere.

Sharmila Tagore recalled the good old days and shared her excitement for the film's restoration. She stated, “It’s wonderful that Manik Da’s Aranyer Din Ratri has been restored and will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this year. This is a very special moment for me and I am so happy that I will be in Cannes to present the film at the premiere. I remember I was shooting for Aradhana when Manikda approached me to shoot for this film for a month at a stretch. It was incredibly hot during the shoot and we could only shoot in the mornings and late afternoons. I have wonderful memories of the time spent with my co-actors and Manikda’s precision, especially in the way he shot the memory game sequence, was incredible. I can’t wait to watch the restored film. Aranyer Din Ratri is such a contemporary film that I know it will resonate with new audiences across the world even today. I would like to thank the Film Heritage Foundation for their amazing contribution in restoring this film.”

It is a 1970 Bengali language adventure drama film directed by Satyajit Ray from Sunil Gangopadhyay's novel of the same title. The film has a galaxy of stars, with Sharmila Tagore, Kaberi Bose, Simi Garewal, Soumitra Chatterjee, Shubhendu Chatterjee, Rabi Ghosh, Samit Bhanja, Pahari Sanyal, Premashish Sen, Samar Nag, Khairatilal Lahori, Master Dibyendu Chatterjee and Aparna Sen.

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