Mumbai Opening Night: Priyanka Chopra Presents Award To Luca Guadagnino; Mani Ratnam & Kamal Haasan Announce Collaboration
deadline.comStars from both the Hindi and South Indian film industries turned out in force for the opening night of Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, including Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sonam Kapoor and Bhumi Pednekar, along with Tamil star Kamal Haasan, who presented the Excellence in Cinema Award (South Asia) to director-producer Mani Ratnam.
The two leading figures of South Indian cinema also announced their first collaboration in 36 years – KH 234 – to be produced by Haasan’s Raaj Kamal Films International and Ratman’s Madras Talkies. “We’re producing the film together – he’s directing it and any job that’s going I’m willing to do, including lead man,” joked Haasan after presenting Ratman with the award. “I’ll keep that in mind,” Ratnam retorted.
Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman and cinematographer Ravi K Chandran are also attached to the film. Haasan and Ratnam last collaborated on gangster drama Nayakan in 1987.
A teaser trailer of their new co-production will be released on November 6. Meanwhile, Chopra Jonas, who is also chairperson of Mumbai film festival, presented the Excellence in Cinema Award (International) to Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, who like Ratnam, will deliver a master class at the festival.
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