77th Cannes Film Festival: 74 year old actress Meryl Streep honored at the opening ceremony, Indian actress Deepti Sadhwani seen on the red carpet.
The 77th Cannes Film Festival started on Tuesday. In this opening ceremony held at the Grand Theater Lumière, 74-year-old American actress Meryl Streep was awarded the Guest of Honor Palm d’Or Award. French actress Juliette Banoch became emotional while giving him this award. Jury President Greta Gerwig was also honored on this occasion. French singer Jaho de Sagajan also gave a musical performance at the opening ceremony. I am lucky that you guys are not bored with my face: When Meryl Streep came on stage, about 2 thousand guests present in the theater stood up in her respect. Everyone gave him a standing ovation for two and a half minutes. On this occasion, Streep said – ‘Watching the clip you played here in my honor, it felt as if I was peeping out the window of a bullet train. In a few moments, I found myself passing through youth and middle age, where I stand today. Streep further said, ‘I am lucky that you guys neither got bored of my face nor got down from the train.’ Juliet said- You have changed people’s perspective. Actress Juliet Banoch, who honored Streep after listening to her speech, said that you have changed people’s perspective of women. Streep became emotional after hearing this. After this, Streep and Banoch together declared Cannes officially open. This award was started in 2002. Let us tell you that the Honorary Palm D’Or Award was started in 2002. Since then, it has been given to many great actors including Jane Fonda, Clint Eastwood, Judy Foster, Tom Cruise and Michael Douglas. This year Meryl Streep has been awarded this award. For this, Meryl has attended Cannes after 35 years. She won the Best Actress Award for the film ‘Evil Angels’ in Cannes in 1989. Indian actress Deepti Sadhwani was seen on the red carpet. Earlier, the event started with the red carpet ceremony in which many celebs like Helena Christensen, Heidi Klum, Jane Fonda and Victoria Hervey were seen. Indian actress and singer Deepti Sadhwani was also seen in a floral trail gown on the red carpet. On this occasion, Messi the dog, who was the Palm Dog Award winner in Cannes last year, also walked on the red carpet. Cinema workers protested outside the venue, while behind the scene cinema workers protested outside the venue during the festival. During this time, most of the workers were seen hoisting a banner on which it was written, ‘Behind the scene, everything is dry.’ Also read this news related to this news… Cannes Film Festival starts from today: India nominated in Palm D’Or category after 30 years, till now 7 films have been nominated, none has won, from 14th to 25th May in Cannes city of France. The 77th Cannes Film Festival is being organized. Read the full news here… 77th Cannes Film Festival begins: Guest of Honor Meryl Streep arrives for the opening event; Director Greta Gerwig was also seen. The world’s prestigious 77th Cannes Film Festival has started in France from today i.e. 14th May. Jury members have started arriving. Read the full news here…
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