Truly an honor and well deserved award for the legendary filmmaker.
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> Mani Ratnam to be honoured at the 67th Venice International Film
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> By Bollywood Hungama News Network, May 18, 2010 - 14:48 IST
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> [image: Mani Ratnam]Veteran filmmaker Mani Ratnam is all set to be bestowed
> with the Jaeger-LeCoultre 'Glory to the Filmmaker' award at the 67th Venice
> International Film Festival. In recent years, the award has gone to other
> major world filmmakers such as Takeshi Kitano, Abbas Kiarostami, Agnes
> Varda, and Sylvester Stallone. This year however, Swiss watch manufacturer
> Jaeger-LeCoultre celebrates its six years of partnership with the Venice
> International Film Festival by announcing Jaeger-LeCoultre 'Glory to the
> Filmmaker' award.
>
> Speaking on why they chose Mani Ratnam for this honour, Marco Mueller,
> Venice Film Festival director says, "Mani Ratnam used to initially make
> movies only in his native tongue, Tamil, but has now been one of a handful
> of filmmakers to successfully handle the transition to the All-India market.
> One of the great innovators in contemporary Indian cinema, he helped
> introduce the auteur concept to contemporary Bollywood. His movies display
> precision and poise, and have always been removed from the bombast and
> bluster of mass-produced regional cinema. The lavish musical numbers in his
> films, some of the best-tailored in Mumbai and Madras in recent years, have
> influenced the style of many others (as well as the design of commercials
> and music videos). Ratnam's most celebrated films have become part of the
> cinematic imagination of the sub-continent."
>
> On the occasion of the award ceremony, the Mostra will present the festival
> premiere of Mani Ratnam's much-anticipated forthcoming film
> *Raavan*<http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/broadband/video/Movie-Promos/841oc899/3/Theatrical-Trailer-Raavan.html>,
> attended by the director and by its cast and crew including Abhishek
> Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Vikram, and music maestro A.R. Rahman. *
> Raavan* is produced by Madras Talkies in association with Reliance Big
> Pictures and distributed internationally by Reliance Big Pictures and IM
> Global.
>
> "*Raavan* will enchant audiences with its stirring drama and entrancing
> musical sequences," says Marco Mueller. "We are proud to be hosting the
> festival premiere of this wonderful film, which will be presented at the
> 2010 Mostra in both the Hindi and the Tamil versions."
>
> As in previous editions, together with the award the director will be
> presented with a Reverso Jaeger-LeCoultre watch, a one-of-a-kind model with
> a commemorative engraving.
>
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