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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Mani Ratnam to Get 2010 Filmmaker Award at Venice


WASHINGTON - Hailing Mani Ratnam as “one of the great innovators in contemporary Indian cinema”, the Venice International Film Festival will honour the director of “Raavan” with the 2010 Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award.

In recent years, the award given in partnership with Swiss watch manufacturer Jaeger-LeCoultre has honoured other major world filmmakers like Takeshi Kitano, Abbas Kiarostami, Agnes Varda, and Sylvester Stallone.

“Mani 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,” says the Venice Film Festival Director Marco Mueller explaining the choice in a news release.

“One of the great innovators in contemporary Indian cinema, he helped introduce the auteur concept to
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