Vishal Bhardwaj Wins Bronze At Cannes Lions For Music In Short Film ‘Fursat’

New Delhi: Vishal Bhardwaj’s ‘Fursat’ created headlines for being shot on an iPhone. The Ishaan Khatter, Wamiqa Gabbi, Salman Yusuf Khan starrer has created a moment for itself at the Cannes Lions. The director of ‘Fursat’ Vishal Bhardwaj has been felicitated the Cannes Lions – Bronze for his short romance musical film ‘Fursat’ in the ‘Entertainment Lions for Music Branded Content for Music Use of Original Composition’ category.

Vishal Bhardwaj who directed and wrote the script had also written the music for the film. Taking to Instagram, he captioned: “Such an honor to win the Cannes Lions – Bronze for my music in #fusrat.”

The short film was shot on iPhone 14 PRO.

Expressing his delight at receiving the award, Vishal Bhardwaj said in a statement: “Receiving a Cannes Lion bronze is prestigious and getting it for my music makes it more heartfelt. A big thanks to the jury and to Apple for their collaboration.”

The director spoke on the iPhone’s effectiveness in shooting films, and had earlier told news agency IANS: “Not just short films, I feel that the iPhone is now ready to help us create a full feature film. It is kind of unbelievable that we can have such a kind of stabilization in scenes with Action Mode in iPhone 14 Pro. Cinematic Mode, or shift focus in our language, is another intelligent feature. The amazing part is that we could use this Cinematic Mode tool even after the shot was taken. “

“A traditional film camera comes with 10 people, 3 attendants and 10 boxes of lenses. You can’t move around. You can’t be quick. The iPhone liberated me in that sense,” said Bhardwaj in the same interaction.

“I’ve never had this kind of scale in my films ever before. And this can tell you about the scale the iPhone can achieve. As a device, it’s taking you out of the limitations which we had when we were growing up,” he added.

Vishal Bhardwaj is a national-award winning filmmaker known for critically acclaimed films like ‘Makdee’, ‘Maqbool’, ‘Omkara’, ‘Haider’, ‘Rangoon’, ‘Saat Khoon Maaf’ and many more.

The musical romance film stars Wamiqa Gabbi, Salman Yusuf Khan and Ishaan Khattar in key roles and was released on February 3, 2023.