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After success at Cannes,

Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Kennedy’

heads to Melbourne film fest

The film revolves around an insomniac ex-cop, long thought to be dead, but still operating

for the corrupt system, and looking for redemption

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nurag Kashyap’s film ‘Ken-
nedy’ starring Sunny Leone
Aand Rahul Bhatt, recently
had its world premiere at the presti-
gious Cannes Film Festival 2023. The
film premiered during the midnight
screening and reportedly received a
7-minute-long standing ovation. The
film revolves around an insomniac ex-
cop, long thought to be dead, but still
operating for the corrupt system, and
looking for redemption.
Now, ‘Kennedy’ has been select-
ed as the closing night film at the 14th
Indian Film Festival of Melbourne
(IFFM). Kashyap shared his excite-
ment about his film being selected
for closing night at the IFFM and
said, “I am delighted that ‘Kennedy’
is the closing film at IFFM. It’s the
first Indian film festival we are play-
ing in the world, and I am excited to Anurag Kashyap (third from right) with the ‘Kennedy’ cast and crew at Cannes
know the response of the audience. I
will be there to attend the same and
gauge the response, and am sure that ‘Kennedy’ has been in the head- Anurag Kashyap’s film that hasn’t fas- from Delhi before me. He who be-
they’ll like the film, like the global au- lines for a variety of reasons since its cinated me. But this one works other- came the inspiration for @imtiazaliof-
dience who’s seen the film till now”. announcement. The teaser and post- wise it made me cry, it made me won- ficial ‘s most special film “Rockstar”.
The movie was also screened at the ers were well received by audiences der, it kept me stressed out he does I got courage from both Jaggu and
Cannes Film Festival and now it is an- and generated positive buzz among that anyway but I really really enjoyed Imti to come to Mumbai but then. So
other major achievement for the film. moviegoers and the film made a huge the film. Enjoy is very difficult word to grateful to this city for everything and
Helmed by Kashyap ‘Kennedy’ impact at the prestigious Cannes Film use for films that are sometimes get so all the friends and memories that it
stars Sunny Leone, Rahul Bhatt and Festival, where the film received a sev- dark but it’s a fascinating film.” has given me #karmbhoomi”.
Abhilash Thapliyal in the lead roles. en-minute standing ovation from the While praising the film, director Soon after the filmmaker penned
The closing night ceremony of the audience. Even the notable director Sudhir Mishra who saw the film for down the note, fans and friends
festival will be graced by a number of Shekhar Kapur is all praises for the the fourth time stated, “Brilliant film. swamped the comment section with
celebrities. Kashyap along with Sunny film and team. It’s a very well-done film. He is one of red heart emoticons and congratulato-
Leone and Rahul Bhat will also attend The makers kept a special screen- my favourite film makers.” ry messages. Actor Arjun Kapoor com-
the event and talk about their film. ing of the film in Mumbai recently, Anurag Kashyap recently com- mented, “Punjab mail to sangam mail.”
The festival, celebrating the best which was attended by several film- pleted 30 years in the city of dreams, Director Vikramaditya Motwane,
of Indian cinema, will conclude with makers and actors from the industry Mumbai. To mark the occasion, Anu- “So grateful that you took that train.”
the screening of ‘Kennedy’ on August including Manoj Bajpayee, Vijay Var- rag took to his Instagram and shared a “Such a commendable jour-
20 in Melbourne. ma, Shabana Azmi, Shekhar Kapur, picture of the Punjab mail train which ney,” a fan commented. A fan wrote,
The 14th Indian Film Festival of Sudhir Mishra, Varun Grover, Neeraj he captioned, “3rd June, 1993 I land- “Thank you for coming to Mumbai
Melbourne will run from August 11 to Ghaywan, Shazia Iqbal, Piyush Mish- ed at Dadar station .. it was raining. I and inspiring us.”
August 29, showcasing an array of out- ra and Pavail Gulati while Sunny Le- didn’t know that monsoons in Bom- Anurag is known for his films like
standing Indian films across various one hosted the screening on behalf of bay were that long .. I remember tak- ‘Gangs of Wasseyur’, ‘Manmarziyaan’,
genres and also films from the Indian whole team. Shekhar Kapur praised ing my first local train from Dadar to ‘Ded D’, ‘No Smoking’, and ‘Raman
subcontinent. the film and said, “I have never seen Andheri to meet a friend, who came Raghav 2.0’ among others.

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