aishwarya rai bachchans purple lipstick and sonam kapoors dress at the red carpet sent the internet into a tizzy but away from the spotlight representatives from the marathi film industry too are making the most of their visit to the cannes film festival heres a roundup of the marathi presence at cannes this yearfilm screeningsfor any filmmaker a screening at cannes is like a dream come true and this time four marathi films have paved their way to the prestigious film festival punarvasu naiks vakratunda mahakaaya makarand manes ringan which was adjudged the best marathi film at the national awards shivaji lotanpatils halal and gajendra ahires the silence while naiks film released last year the other three are yet to get a theatrical release back home initially only the first three were scheduled for screenings and the silence which is actress anjali patils marathi debut and also has director nagraj manjule in an important role was on standbymeeting and networkingapart from ahire and other people associated with the films being screened at cannes some more cinema enthusiasts from the industry are also present at the festival actor and soontobe director adinath kothare director samit kakkad producers suresh jaisinghani and vivek kajaria are among those getting a feel of cinematic glory at the french riviera adinath who is there for a producers workshop recently met with game of thrones producer bernadette caulfield and information and broadcasting minister rajyavardhan singh rathore before leaving for cannes adinath had told us i am going to get acquainted with world cinema trends business and reach this will help me with my directorial debut paani the actor has been posting photos and videos of his experiences online quite activelyadinath kothare and rajyavardhan singh rathore at the cannes film festival 2016samit who is at cannes for the second time informed i think this is a great place for all filmmakers to network show your film to buyers and close deals i met some sales agents who are interested in the worldwide distribution of my upcoming film half ticket and we will close a deal soonbollywood connectanother marathi name that features in the list is that of amruta subhash the actress is at cannes for the premiere of her upcoming hindi film raman raghav 20 the anurag kashyap film featuring nawazuddin siddiqui has earned favourable reviews at the festival while amrutas connection with anurag is for a hindi film the latter is connected to vakratunda mahakaaya as a producer amruta subhashwatch aishwarya and blake lively at cannes blake lively aishwarya rai more sexy cannes 2016 footage the bfg premiere hd