Preity Zinta shares unseen pics from Cannes Film Festival, calls Santosh Sivan ‘mad genius’. See post

In the pictures, Preity Zinta posed with Santosh Sivan on the red carpet at Cannes. Santosh was awarded the Pierre Angenieux ExcelLens in Cinematography.

Actor Preity Zinta has shared several new pictures from the recently held 77th Cannes Film Festival. Taking to Instagram on Monday, Preity also praised veteran cinematographer Santosh Sivan. Calling him a "mad genius", she said that she is "more proud and happy for my dear friend". (Also Read | Internet is stunned by Preity Zinta's 'fake accent' at Cannes Film Festival: She sounds absolutely ridiculous)

Preity shares new photos from Cannes Film Festival

Preity Zinta with Santosh Sivan at Cannes Film Festival.

In the pictures, Preity posed with Santosh and several other people on the red carpet at Cannes. She was also seen presenting the prestigious Pierre Angenieux ExcelLens in Cinematography to Santosh. He is the first Asian to be honoured with this award. Preity, in the photos, clapped and smiled as Santosh gave a speech.

Preity pens note for Santosh

Preity and Santosh's collaboration began with Mani Ratnam's 1998 romantic drama Dil Se. Santosh's cinematography beautifully captured Preity's debut performance.

Preity's upcoming film

Preity is returning to the silver screen with Sunny Deol-starrer Lahore 1947. Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, Lahore 1947 is produced under Aamir Khan's banner. The film was officially announced last October. Shabana Azmi, Ali Fazal and Karan Deol have also joined the cast of Lahore 1947.