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Recently at the Santa Cruz showroom of men’s couture label Prima Czar, the cast of Rakeysh Mehra’s latest epic Mirzya were present to talk about some of the costumes that were designed by the brand. Anuj Choudhry, who plays Karan, along with Saiyami Kher who plays Suchi in the film were both present along with the Co-founder of the brand, Prakash Arora.

Prima Czar, having designed outfits for some of the biggest celebrities in Bollywood took on creating the outfits for a film for the first time with Mirzya. Brought on board a few months before filming began, Prima Czar’s Co-founder, Ravi Arora in consultation with the film’s stylists created most of the outfits you will see in the film for the character played by debutant Anuj a prince who is engaged to Saiyami character. Debonair and sophisticated, his outfits required well-cut, stylish suits, trousers, shirts...

On May 26, when the 66th Cannes film festival draws to an end, India will anxiously wait to see if either Monsoon Shootout or Dabba will bring home a Camera d’Or, the award given to the best debut film in the festival. Ritesh Batra’s Dabba which played in the International Critics’ Week won an audience award-the Grand Rail d’Or-following unanimous praise by the critics and the audiences.

While we wait, let’s go down in the annals of history to know about the Indian films that won awards at the premier film festival. Although they might seem like a rare and exquisite breed, there are actually quite a few of them starting from the very first edition of Cannes.

At the inaugural edition of the festival in 1946, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar screened in competition and shared the Grand Prix with several other films. The top award-now Palme...

Vikramaditya Motwane’s “Udaan”, the film that made it to Un Certain Regard at Cannes International Film festival after seven years has been the talk of the town lately. With Udaan, Indian cinema’s seven year long jinxed relationship with the premier film festival has come to an end. Murali Nair’s Arimpara was the last film to have made it to Un Certain Regard, the section that carries the second most prestigious award, in the year 2003. Prior to that, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas was presented as a special screening out of competition at the festival in 2002.

Come to think of it, India and Cannes have had a cordial relationship right from the start. 1946, the year one of the oldest film festivals began at Cannes, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar was screened as a Feature film in competition. Neecha Nagar was a pioneering effort in realistic Indian cinema and...