The Italians loved it! Yes, it was amidst loud cheers and a standing ovation that director Mani Ratnam, his wife Suhasini Mani Ratnam and actor Vikram Kennedy graciously took centre stage after the screening of the Tamil version, Raavanan at the 67th Venice Film Festival.
The film may not have been well-received back home, but the global film fraternity lauded Mani with the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award. The list of the earlier recipients of the award is illustrious — Sylvester Stallone, Abbas Kiarostami and Takeshi Kitano. Mani is the first Indian to receive this honour. He was presented with a specially engraved Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso timepiece bearing the Mostra's commemorative seal.
Mani along with Suhasini and Vikram attended a press conference where the curious Italian media peppered Mani with questions ranging from his earlier works to his latest one and also Slumdog Millionaire. Mani had all the answers and also did not shy away from admitting that the Bollywood version of Raavan did go wrong. The trio was ecstatic to be in the scenic city, which has served as a backdrop for many a romantic number in Bollywood. This wasn't Mani's first visit to Venice as he had been here earlier when Yuva was chosen to be screened at the Venice Film Festival in 2004.
SOURCE : http://bollywoodji.com/bollywood/news/2010/09/24/Raavanan-enthralls-Venice/147162
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