Odisha’s internationally-acclaimed sand artist Padmashree awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the hearts of the international film glitterati at the ongoing 67th Cannes International Film Festival with his stunning sand sculptures of the legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray and a six-feet-high Taj Mahal on the Cannes beach, a release from Cannes said.
The master sand sculptor, assisted by his student Bulu Mohanti, created a portrait of Satyajit Ray, decorated with the image of movie reel, at Beach Zamenh of in Cannes on Friday to pay his tributes to the celebrated master of Indian cinema.Pattnaik was invited by the Indian Embassy in France to display his sand art during the festival.Filmmaker Ramesh Sippy and actor Kamal Hasan were among the many eminent personalities present during the event, which was formally inaugurated by the Indian ambassador to France Arun K Singh.
Pattnaik has also created a six-foot-high Taj Mahal to highlight the tourist potential of the ‘Incredible India’.The event was supported by India Tourism Paris and Air India.