India, May 20 -- Veteran actors Sharmila Tagore, Simi Garewal and filmmaker Wes Anderson attended the screening of Satyajit Ray's 1970 film Aranyer Din Ratri at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival. A 4K restored version of the Bengali-language film, titled Days and Nights in the Forest in English, was showcased at the 78th edition of the prestigious gala under the Cannes Classics section. Wes Anderson led its six-year-long restoration. (Also Read | Satyajit Ray's Aranyer Din Ratri to be screened in classics section at Cannes Film Festival)

Wes, a long-time admirer of Ray, introduced the movie ahead of its screening. Aranyer Din Ratri is presented and restored by The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project at L'Immagine Ritrovata in collabora...