Best of Bollywood movie to screen at Cannes

PARIS—Indian filmmaker Shekhar Kapur’s montage condensing the best moments in the history of Bollywood into 81 fast-moving minutes will be screening at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Festival organizers say “Bollywood, the Greatest Love Story Ever Told,” which Kapur produced, will be shown out of competition.

Kapoor shot to international fame as the director of the “Elizabeth” movies, starring Cate Blanchett as the British monarch.

The idea for “Bollywood” grew out of a conversation he had while serving on the jury of the 2010 Cannes festival, organizers said Friday.

The 64th edition of the prestigious Riviera movie extravaganza runs from May 11-22.

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