Cannes Film Festival / Stars were elated when Payal Kapadia received the award in Cannes, PM also congratulated

Cannes Film Festival: The Cannes event started on 14th May and its last day was on 25th May. If we look at it this year, India won the Cannes Film Festival. While on one hand Anasuya Sengupta received the Best Actress Award in this invite, on the last day of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, director Payal Kapadia's film 'All We Imagine as Light' was showcased in the event. This film of his has been awarded the Grand Prix Award. Indian film has received the award after 30 years on the stage of Cannes. In such a situation, this film became the first Indian film to be shown in the competition section. This film is directed by Indian origin Payal Kapadia. He has also written the story of this film. Bollywood stars are very happy with the film getting the award. He has congratulated the film's director and team on social media. Along with this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also congratulated the director and his entire team.  

PM Modi congratulated

Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the entire team on his X account and wrote, 'India is proud of Payal Kapadia for her historic achievement of winning the Grand Prix at the 77th Cannes Film Festival for her work 'All We Imagine as Light' ' 

India is proud of Payal Kapadia for her historic feat of winning the Grand Prix at the 77th Cannes Film Festival for her work ‘All We Imagine as Light’. An alumnus of FTII, her remarkable talent continues to shine on the global stage, giving a glimpse of the rich creativity in… pic.twitter.com/aMJbsbmNoE

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 26, 2024

Alia Bhatt

At the same time, Alia Bhatt is also overjoyed after Payal Kapadia's film received the award on the stage of 'Cannes'. While sharing a post on Instagram story, he wrote, 'Accept the praise. What an amazing achievement. Congratulations to the entire team. Apart from this, Kiara Advani has also congratulated the film on receiving the award.

Aditi Rao

'Hiramandi' actress Aditi Rao Hydari has also shared a long post congratulating Payal Kapadia for this wonderful achievement. 

Farhan Akhtar

Farhan Akhtar also shared the post and wrote - 'Many congratulations to Payal Kapadia and the entire team.'