10 Indian Films that won awards at the Cannes Film Festival

The Lunchbox (2013) | Ritesh Batra's unusual love story of a lonesome bachelor and a equally lonely and unhappy housewife tug heartstrings of viewers across..

Marana Simhasana (1999) | Directed by Mirali Narayan, the Malayalam film won the prestigious Camera d'Or. A deeply haunting film on class divide, the film was a story of a farmer who is wrongly implicated and jailed

Salaam Bombay (1988) | Mira Nair's film on the underbelly of Bombay city won her Camera d'Or. The film set in the by lanes of Bombay, now Mumbai, narrated the story of a rag picker and a psotitute.

Kharij (1983) | The Bengali film by Mrinal Sen won the Special Jury Prize at Cannes 1983. Starring Anjan Dutta and Mamata Shankar in the lead, 'Kharij' narrated the story of a middle-class family

Pather Panchali (1956) | Satyajit Ray's cult classic, also his first feature film, won the prestigious Palm d'Or for best Human Document.

Boot Polish (1954) | The only Indian film which won accolades at the festival for its actor. Child actor Naaz won the Special Distinction Prize at Cannes 1954. The film was directed by Prakash Arora

Do Bigha Zameen (1954) | Cannes 1954 honoured Bimal Roy's classic 'Do Bigha Zameen' with the Prix Internationale award. A hauntingly real story of a family who are forced to come to the city to do odd work.

Neecha Nagar (1946) | Chetan Anand's film won the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (Best Film) award at the first Cannes Film Festival in 1946. Ironically, this film was never released in India.

10 Indian Films that won awards at the Cannes Film Festival | 10 Indian Films that won awards at the Cannes Film Festival