Dimpy
Agrawal,
Guneet
Monga
Kapoor,
Tillotama
Shome,
Rucha
Pathak
and
Rabia
Chopra.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Women
in
Film
India/Instagram
Oscar-winning
Producer
Guneet
Monga
Kapoor
made
her
mark
on
Cannes
2025
by
launching
a
new
initiative
that
spotlights
three
rising
women
producers
from
India,
part
of
her
newly-established
Women
in
Film
India
(WIF
India)
chapter,
reports
Variety.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Women
in
Film
India/Instagram
Actor
Tillotama
Shome
is
among
the
three
female
producers
at
WIF
India.
She
produced
the
Bengali
film,
Baksho
Bondi,
along
with
Jim
Sarbh.
Read
more
about
the
film
here.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Women
in
Film
India/Instagram
The
other
women
producers
are
Rucha
Pathak,
a
veteran
studio
executive
and
creative
producer,
having
worked
on
films
like
Paan
Singh
Tomar,
Neerja,
Barfi
and
Madgaon
Express
as
well
as
Dimpy
Agarwal,
an
independent
producer
known
for
socially
conscious
storytelling.
She
is
a
co-producer
on
Baksho
Bondi
and
has
worked
on
films
like
Chashma,
Umeed
and
Monica
O
My
Darling.
WIF
India
has
also
awarded
an
Accreditation
Grant
to
Shefali
Bhushan,
whose
Marathi
film
Sthal
is
being
showcased
at
Cannes.
***
Anupam
Kher
appeared
on
the
Cannes
2025
red
carpet
ahead
of
his
directorial
Tanvi
The
Great‘s
Saturday
premiere
at
the
famed
festval.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Anupam
Kher/Instagram
Tanvi
The
Great
is
Anupam’s
second
directorial.
His
first,
Om
Jai
Jagadish,
opened
in
theatres
in
2002.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Anupam
Kher/Instagram
And
here
is
Anupam
with
debutant
Shubhangi
Dutt,
who
plays
the
titular
Tanvi.
The
film
also
stars
Khaki:
The
Bihar
Chapter
actor
Karan
Tacker,
who
is
set
to
make
his
big
screen
debut
after
years
of
working
in
television
and
OTT.
Boman
Irani,
Jackie
Shroff
and
Arvind
Swami
play
crucial
roles,
along
with
Game
of
Thrones
actor
Iain
Glen.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Anupam
Kher
Anupam
also
met
up
with
Robert
De
Niro,
who
was
presented
a
honorary
Palme
d’Or
for
Lifetime
Achievement
on
the
opening
night.
Anupam
and
Bobby
worked
in
2012’s
Silver
Linings
Playbook,
and
have
been
friends
since.
Photographs
curated
by
Satish
Bodas/Rediff
