Cannes 2015: Richa Chadha's `Masaan` gets standing ovation, leaves her teary-eyed

Pic courtesy: @ghaywan ·

New Delhi: First time director Neeraj Ghaywan's `Masaan` which was premiered at Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday evening left everyone spellbound.

The Richa Chadda starrer received standing ovation for five minutes, which left the actress teary eyed in the end.

The director too found it difficult to conceal his excitement on the terrific response by the crowd and jury. His film Masaan was chosen to be screened in the UnCertain Regard section.

Check out the tweets:

Got teary at the 5 minute long standing ovation. Thank you everyone. @ghaywan, first thanks to you. pic.twitter.com/dFhoRNoafn

— RichaChadha (@RichaChadha_) May 19, 2015

Broke down at the unstoppable applause. Thanks everyone! Missed you so much @anuragkashyap72, editor @nitin_baid, DP @avinasharun20! #Masaan — Neeraj Ghaywan (@ghaywan) May 19, 2015

The actress also posted a video link from the Cannes event:

Here's a video of the 5 minute long standing ovation, and @ghaywan and us crying. https://t.co/e9WZlSSaMP — RichaChadha (@RichaChadha_) May 20, 2015