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| TOI Entertainment Desk | etimes.in | May 21, 2025, 01:42 IST
Neeraj Ghaywan met Spike Lee at the Cannes Film Festival. The 'Ma...
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Neeraj Ghaywan met Spike Lee at the Cannes Film Festival. The 'Masaan' director shared a photo with Lee. He mentioned Lee's influence on his filmmaking. Bollywood celebrities reacted to Ghaywan's post. Ishaan Khatter and Zoya Akhtar expressed their admiration. Lee's film premiered at the festival. Ghaywan's film 'Homebound' premiered in the Un Certain Regard section.
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Filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan expressed his excitement at meeting his "inspiration," Hollywood legend Spike Lee, at the Cannes Film Festival. The ‘Masaan’ director shared a picture with Lee on his social media, prompting enthusiastic reactions from his Bollywood peers.
Ghaywan's meaningful encounter Neeraj Ghaywan not only had the opportunity to meet but also to converse with the ‘Malcolm X’ director, whose work has profoundly influenced Ghaywan's filmmaking journey. Ghaywan posted the picture on his Instagram, captioning it, "Chatted with @officialspikelee! Do The Right Thing, Malcom X and Blackkklansman have been a huge inspiration to me. His oeuvre is a lesson in talking about oppression through cinema. More power to you".
Bollywood's enthusiastic response Upon seeing Ghaywan's post, several Bollywood personalities were quick to respond and flood the comments section of the post. Ishaan Khatter, who stars in Ghaywan's upcoming film ‘Homebound’ reacted with fire emojis. Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar also expressed her admiration with heart and fire emojis. Actor Richa Chadha commented, "whaaaaaa," while Shweta Tripathi, who worked with Ghaywan in "Masaan," exclaimed, "Shataaaaaaaaaaaap!!! ". Actor Kayoze Irani also left heart emojis on the post.
Spike Lee and Neeraj at Cannes Spike Lee's latest film, ‘Highest 2 Lowest’, featuring Denzel Washington and rapper A$AP Rocky, premiered at the French film festival on May 19. This film is Lee's adaptation of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime thriller ‘High and Low’. Meanwhile, Neeraj Ghaywan is at Cannes for the world premiere of his film ‘Homebound’ on May 21, which is part of the Un Certain Regard section. ‘Homebound’ tells the story of two childhood friends in a North Indian village and stars Janhvi Kapoor, Ishaan Khatter, and Vishal Jethwa.
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