At the , Konstantin Bojanov's film The Shameless premiered in the Un Certain Regard section. The movie stars newcomers Anasuya Sengupta and Omara Shetty. Both actors attended the red carpet event and the photocall session for the film.
ADVERTISEMENT Anasuya has acted in Anjan Dutta’s Madly Bangalee (2009) and worked as a production designer on films like Sanjeev Sharma’s Saat Uchakkey (2016) and Srijit Mukherji’s Forget Me Not from the anthology Ray (2021). Omara, on the other hand, starred in Phone Bhoot (2022) alongside Katrina Kaif. As per the festival website, The Shameless is about Renuka, who flees a Delhi brothel after killing a policeman.
"In the dead of night, Renuka escapes from a Delhi brothel after stabbing a policeman to death. She takes refuge in a community of sex workers in northern India, where she meets Devika, a young girl condemned to a life of prostitution. Their bond develops into a forbidden romance.
Together, they embark on a perilous journey to escape the law and forge their path to freedom.” Renuka is played by Anasuya Sengupta whereas Omara plays Devika. Friday evening saw a French theatre in Cannes reverberating with the magic of Indian storytelling - courtesy of Shyam Benegal's classic ' '.
Starring late Smita Patil and actor Naseeruddin Shah, 'Manthan', which was inspired by the pioneering milk cooperative movement of Verghese Kurien, who led 'Operation Flood' to transform India from a milk-deficient country to the world's biggest milk pr.
