Cannes honours Bollywood - cinema

The legendary Amitabh Bachchan joined Leonardo DiCaprio on the red carpet at Cannes, both for his role in Baz Lurhmann’s ’The Great Gatsby’, and to spearhead the festival’s celebration of 100 years of Indian cinema. Despite being one of Bollywood’s most recognisable stars, Bachchan was awed by the reception: “Just the fact that Cannes mentions it (Indian cinema), or at least brings attention to the rest of the world as a tribute to this cinema is big enough. And then to find
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