Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas, who recently lent her voice to the wildlife documentary Tiger as a narrator, has congratulated the Indian talents that scored huge victories at the recently concluded 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
On Monday, Priyanka took to the Stories section of her Instagram and sent her best wishes to the winners, Anasuya Sengupta, Payal Kapadia and Chidananda S Naik.
While Anasuya won the Best Actress Award at Cannes, Payal’s film All We Imagine as Light was feted with the ‘Le Grand Prix’ award, and Chidananda’s short film Sunflowers Were the First Ones to Know was honoured with the La Cinef Award for Best Short Film.
The actress shared three different stories, one each for Anasuya, Payal, and Chidananda. Lauding Anasuya, Priyanka wrote, "Congratulations @cup_o_t on your incredible performance and the history you've created! Onwards and upwards."
For Payal, she wrote that it was a moment for Indian cinema at the Cannes Film Festival. The actress wrote, “Biiiig shout and congratulations to you all #PayalKapadia @kantari kanmani @divya prabha @chhaya.kadam.75 @hridhuharoon."
Priyanka wrote for Chidananda, "Congratulations @chidananda_s_naik So well deserved." India had one of its best years at the Cannes Film Festival this time.
Payal’s film was screened at the Palme d'Or (main segment) of the Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first Indian film in 30 years to compete in the main segment after Swaham, which was released in 1994.
Other than Priyanka Chopra, celebrities like Kiara Advani, Tovino Thomas, Ranveer Singh, Farhan Akhtar, Aditi Rao Hydari also sent out heartfelt congratulations to Payal Kapadia for All We Imagine as Light.
The Heeramandi actress wrote a long post a part of which read, "Please take a moment and let us all stand and applaud this monumental achievement. This is the crowning glory of the fight for good Cinema in India."
