Cannes officials laud Traffic Signal

New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) His films have always generated a lot of curiosity in film circles for their hard-hitting realism.

Like his previous films, 'Chandni Bar' and 'Page 3', two time National award winner Madhur Bhandarkar's latest film 'Traffic Signal', even before its worldwide release tomorrow, has evoked interest not only in Indian cinematic circles but also internationally, tracting attention from officials from the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in France.

'Traffic Signal', which revolves around the lives of people inhabiting near a traffic signal, has been lauded by officials from the prestigious Cannes film festival, who recently saw the film at a special screening in Mumbai.

They loved the film and wanted it to enter Panorama section at the festival,'' the filmmaker said talking to UNI.

The officials, however, wanted the release of 'Traffic Signal' to be postponed till the Cannes film festival, scheduled next month as according to the rules, a film being entered in the Panorama or competition category should not have been theatrically released.

Producers of 'Traffic Signal', the Percept Picture Company, however, did not want to postpone the release as they felt doing so would make the film, whose promos were already on air on television channels, look stale.

The participation of the film in the Cannes Panorama section may have not come about but a huge ''pat on the back'' for the film from Cannes filmfest officials has led the filmmakers to seriously think about sending the film to many international film festivals.

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