'Masaan' wins two top awards at Cannes

CANNES: Neeraj Ghaywan's directorial debut " Masaan", which premiered at this year's Cannes Film Festival, has won two awards-- FIPRESCI, International Jury of Film Critics prize and Promising Future prize in the Un Certain Regard section.

The film, starring Richa Chadda, Sanjay Mishra, Vicky Kaushal and Shweta Tripathi in the lead roles, has been creating buzz at the festival and was treated to a five-minute-long standing ovation during its screening recently by the hard to please Cannes audience.

#MASAAN just won the FIPRESCI award for UN CERTAIN REGARD at @Festival_Cannes!!!!! This was long due for India!!!

— Neeraj Ghaywan (@ghaywan) May 23, 2015

2nd award for India!! #MASAAN MOST PROMISING NEW COMER! See @anuragkashyap72 what your mentorship has got me to! pic.twitter.com/ToQ7IQjzrw

— Neeraj Ghaywan (@ghaywan) May 23, 2015

@loveyouricha agreed ! #welovericha#MasaanAtCannes ??

— Richa Chadda FC (@fcricha) May 23, 2015

"Masaan" has been produced by Manish Mundra, Macassar Productions, Phantom Films, Sikhya Entertainment and French production company Pathe International.

Some members of the Indian film fraternity congratulated the cast and crew of "Masaan" for their incredible journey at Cannes.

Veteran actress Shabana Azmi wrote:

@guneetm @ghaywan @ManMundra @smritikiran @Festival_Cannes @ShiladityaBora @FuhSePhantom @DrishyamFilms @VikramMotwane @battatawada congrats

— Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) May 24,

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Actor Ayushmann Khurrana said:

Congrats Grover Saab! And the entire team. So proud! https://t.co/7PM09o6r19

— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) May 24, 2015