India made a splash at the Cannes Film Festival 2024 this time too. While stars from the entertainment industry from all over the world were seen attending this event, some created history. This time Indian celebrities have garnered a lot of limelight at Cannes 2024. Like for the first time a star from the Bhojpuri film industry attended this event. Yes, Pradeep Pandey Chintu also created history by stepping on the red carpet. At the same time, Anasuya Sengupta, who won the Best Actress award at this event, has also created history, after which she has now become the first Indian actress to receive the Best Actress Award in the Un Certain Regard category.
Anasuya Sengupta received the Best Actress Award
Anasuya Sengupta, the lead actress of Bulgarian director Konstantin Bozanov’s film ‘The Shameless’, has created history by winning the Best Actress award in the Un Certain Regard category at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Sengupta, a resident of Kolkata, is the first Indian actress to win the award in this category and it is a matter of pride for India. Let us tell you that this event will end on Saturday, May 25.
About the film
‘The Shameless’, which premiered in Cannes on May 17, depicts the story of an exploitative and disturbing world, in which the suffering of two women is shown. Both of them want to throw away the shackles of society. Sengupta has played the role of Renuka in this film, who escapes from Delhi after stabbing a policeman to death. You can watch this film in Hindi.
Who is Anasuya Sengupta?
Let us tell you that Anasuya had designed the set of Netflix’s show ‘Masaba Masaba’. She has made her mark as a production designer and now as an actress. If you also want to watch the actress’ ‘The Shameless’, then you can watch it on Netflix. UK based Indian filmmaker Manasi Maheshwari’s animated film ‘Bunnyhood’, Karan Kandhari’s ‘Sister Midnight’, Maisam Ali’s debut film ‘In Retreat’, Paloumi Basu and CJ Clerk’s ‘Maya – The Birth of Superhero’ were also seen in Cannes.