As the seventy fifth Cannes Film Festival commences from Tuesday, veteran Hindi cinema actress Shabana Azmi recalled her expertise on the worldwide occasion 46 years in the past. The 71-year-old shared a black and white image from the screening of 1975 movie Nishant. The image featured Shabana alongside together with her co-star Smita Patil and director Shyam Benegal. The trio have been all smiles as they posed for the picture. Smita and Shabana had worn conventional Indian sarees as they walked the Cannes purple carpet.

Sharing the image, Shabana recalled how her expertise at Cannes went. The actress added to the caption, “At Cannes for Nishant 1976.” Shabana confessed that the group of Nishant had no publicity materials and no cash, however director Benegal requested her and Smita to put on their finest sarees and stroll up and down the promenade on the French Riviera to draw consideration.

Shabana added that the 2 actresses have been profitable in grabbing the eye of the folks at Cannes as she added, “people turned around to stare at these strange looking exotic creatures.” When they managed to catch their consideration, each Shabana and Smita would persuasively plead and say, “‘Our film is showing on so and so date please come to watch it.’” The actress added that the group of Nishant was profitable of their inventive publicity technique since they managed to safe a full home on the screening. “That was the advertising acumen of Shyam Benegal,” concluded Shabana.

Commenting on Shabana’s publish, Bollywood actress and producer Richa Chadha wrote, “Golden years of cinema. We’re privileged to have you. Love you.” Actress Divya Dutta additionally commented on Shabana’s publish, “I have this picture in my collection. So beautiful.”

Nishant was primarily based on an unique screenplay written by famous playwright Vijay Tendulkar. The film starred Girish Karnad, Amrish Puri, and Naseeruddin Shah as effectively. The movie gained the 1977 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and was chosen to compete for the Palme d’Or on the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.

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