Sharmila Tagore, Simi Garewal At Cannes

Adding
grace
to
the
Cannes
film
festival,
movie
legends

Sharmila
Tagore
and

Simi
Garewal
on
Monday
evening
marked
an
exquisite
appearance
on
the
red
carpet.

Ahead
of
the
screening
of

Aranyer
Din
Ratri,
Sharmila’s
daughter

Saba
Pataudi
share
the
pictures
and
wrote,
‘Let
the
party
begin….!
Moments
before
the
Red
carpet
….
scene.
In
the
midst
of
chaos
was
calm.
Hectic
yet
happy.
Frenzy
and
fantastic.
And
self
conscious.
Mixed
emotions
coursing
through
,
yet
here
is
a
chance
to
explore
the
NEW.
Always
start
afresh.

‘Believe
in
yourself
and
make
the
most
of
opportunities.
They’re
there
today.
The
future
isn’t
here
yet.
Live
it
up.’

For
the
special
screening
of

Aranyer
Din
Ratri
at
Cannes,
Sharmila
and
Simi
were
dressed
to
the
nines.

Sharmila
donned
a
stunning
green
sari
while
Simi
walked
the
red
carpet
in
an
ivory
outfit.
Sharmila
was
accompanied
by
Saba.

Interestingly,
this
marked
Simi’s
debut
at
Cannes.

Satyajit
Ray’s
film

Aranyer
Din
Ratri
was
restored
over
six
years
under
the
leadership
of
American
filmmaker
Wes
Anderson.

The
restoration
project
began
in
2019
when
Anderson,
through
his
position
on
the
board
of
Martin
Scorsese’s
The
Film
Foundation,
initiated
discussions
about
preserving
the
film.

The
Grand
Budapest
Hotel
director’s
passion
for
Ray’s
work
drove
the
collaborative
effort
between
The
Film
Foundation’s
World
Cinema
Project,
Film
Heritage
Foundation,
Janus
Films
and
The
Criterion
Collection,
with
funding
provided
by
the
Golden
Globe
Foundation,
as
per

Variety.

‘Anything
signed
by
Satyajit
Ray
must
be
cherished
and
preserved,
but
the
nearly-forgotten

Days
and
Nights
in
the
Forest
(Aranyer
Din
Ratri’s
title
in
the
West)
is
a
special/particular
gem,’
Anderson
said.

‘Made
in
1970.
Modern
and
novelistic.
Ray
worked
in
terrain
perhaps
more
familiar
to
(John)
Cassavetes.
A
clash/negotiation
between
castes
and
sexes.
Urbans
and
rurals.
Selfish
men
and
their
hopes
and
cruelties
and
spectacular
lack
of
wisdom.
Women
who
see
through
them.

‘The
great
Soumitra
Chatterjee:
Lost
but
searching.
The
great
Sharmila
Tagore:
Mysterious,
cerebral,
mesmerizing.
From
the
master,
another
masterpiece,’
Anderson
said.

Photographs
curated
by
Satish
Bodas/Rediff