Veteran actor Anupam Kher has been part of the entertainment world for 40 years. The actor still continues to amaze audiences with her extraordinary acting skills. He has always been seen encouraging young artists and emerging actors. This time he appreciated the ‘unknown’ talented people (filmmaker Payal Kapadia and actor Anasuya Sengupta) getting honoured at the Cannes Film Festival. He also lauded the talent of Social media influencer Nancy Tyagi, who stitched her gown by herself and graced the red carpet of the prestigious event. 

In an interview with News18 Showsha, Anupam said “Content is very important nowadays. It always was, but now the audience is different. Look at what happened at Cannes – we have two unknown people getting the highest honours. It’s phenomenal. A Delhi girl walked on the red carpet stitching her own dress. The world is open to creativity – it always was, but now India is open to creativity. What doesn’t touch heart doesn’t make an impact. You cannot dwarf the audience by making them feel smaller. They’re open to malls, they’re open to modern India, and big cinema – they are used to everything. You can’t now say, ‘Dekho hum apko Switzerland leke jaa rahe hai.’ Unke liye koi bahut badi baat nahi hai. Par content agar Achha huya toh choti film bhi chalegi aur badi bhi. I think, it’s the end of fakeness.”

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Kher referred to two unknown people- filmmaker Payal Kapadia and actor Anasuya Sengupta. Payal Kapadia was honoured with the Grand Prix award for All We Imagine As Light at the Cannes Film Festival. Whereas, Anasuya Sengupta got Best Actress by the jury for The Shameless. It was helmed by Bulgarian director Konstantin Bojanov. 

On the other hand, Anupam Kher will be seen in several projects including Mungilal Rocks, Anurag Basu’s Metro In Dino and The India House.