Peers praise Mani
- IndiaGlitz, [Saturday,September 11 2010]
Office bearers of Tamil Film Directors Association, including veterans like Balumahendra and K Bhagyaraj, called on Mani Ratnam at his office in Chennai on Friday and congratulated the ace director for the honour bestowed on him at the Venice Film Festival.
Those who were present include Vasanth, R K Selvamani, Santhanabarathy, Lingusamy, Ezhil, Balaji Sakthivel, S P Jananathan, Rajakumaran and Vikraman among others. They presented a bouquet to Mani and exchanged pleasantries with him.
On Monday, hailing Mani Ratnam as Âone of the great innovators in contemporary Indian cinemaÂ, the Venice International Film Festival honoured him with the 2010 Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award.
With the award Mani Ratnam joined Sylvester Stallone, Agnes Varda, Abbas Kiarostami, and Takeshi Kitano who have Âleft a mark on contemporary cinema. After the award ceremony, the festival premiere of ÂRaavanan was screened.
Mani was accompanied by wife Suhasini, and Vikram. ÂMani Ratnam used to make movies only in his native tongue, Tamil, but has been one of a handful of filmmakers to successfully handle the transition to the All-India market, said the Venice Film Festival director Marco Mueller explaining the choice in a news release.
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