Vasanthabalan, whose Veyyil was screened at the prestigious film festival won appreciation from the film-buffs who gathered to watch the screening of the movie on Saturday.

Produced by S Pictures, Veyyil features Pasupathy, Bharath and Bhavana in lead roles. The movie had sub-titles in English. Vasanthabalan was introduced to the huge gathering after screening of the film.

Also Mani Ratnam's Guru, a bio-pic of industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani was screened at the Cannes Festival on Sunday at 3 pm.

Considered one of the prestigious film festivals, Cannes witnessed even non-Indian evincing keen interest to watch these films. It is indeed a proud moment for Indian cinema.