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Avika Gor and Manish Raisinghan on their second short film being presented at Cannes 2017: We hope we make India proud
Avika Gor and Manish Raisinghan talk about their second short film being screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
Avika Gor and Manish Raisinghan stole our hearts with their cute chemistry as Roli and Siddhanth in Sasural Simar Ka. Their chemistry offscreen is also adorable and they consider each other BFF's and are also making short films together.
Last year, their short film Ankahee Baatein was screened at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. This year too, the duo will be heading to Cannes Film Festival for the second time for their short film, I Me Myself.
What makes it interesting this year is their film's on-the-spot entry to a pitch competition at Cannes that has put them on the world map by getting selected in the top 20 from the entries received from 33 countries.
Avika said, "We got a mail from Cannes official website for a pitch competition, we didn’t really take it seriously as we didn’t really know what it would be, another mail mentioned that the competitions are by and for Shorts TV which is one of the biggest platforms for short films. We kept wondering that there will be many entries and obviously from 33 countries which we just got to know, we were supposed to send synopsis for the first round but Manish had a better idea that was the poster. He designed the poster and sent the synopsis on it."
Manish said, "We were actually confident as the poster is out of the box and something that brings curiosity and that’s what worked for us. Being selected in top 20 is huge for us and now we are preparing for the big final for presenting it in Cannes. We hope that we make India proud!"
