9 Indian Films That Won Big At Cannes

Payal Kapadia has become the first Indian filmmaker to win a Grand Prix prize for her movie All We Imagine as Light. Celebrating the big win, here we take a look at other Indian film won at Cannes.

Neecha Nagar

Chetan Anand's movie Won the Palme d'Or in 1946, becoming the first and only Indian movie to win the biggest honour of the event.

Do Bigha Zamin

Bimal Roy's 1952 movie won the International Prize at the festival.

Pather Panchali

Satyajit Ray's classic movie earned the Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.

Salaam Bombay

Mira Nair's critically acclaimed movie won the Caméra d'Or and Audience award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Masaan

In 2015, Neeraj Ghaywan's directorial debut Masaan won two awards - FIPRESCI, International Jury of Film Critics prize and Promising Future prize in the Un Certain Regard section.

The Lunchbox

Screened at Critics' Week at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, Irrfan Khan's movie won the Grand Rail d'Or.

A Night of Knowing Nothing

In 2021, Payal Kapadia's documentary won the L'Oeil d'Or for Best Documentary Film.

All That Breathes

Shaunak Sen's All That Breathes won Golden Eye L'Oeil d'Or “Golden Eye” for Best Documentary Film in 2022.

All We Imagine As light

Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine won a Grand Prix prize at Cannes 2024.