MUMBAI: This year the Cannes Film Festival will screen Bollywood – The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, a film produced by Shekhar Kapur and UTV Motion Pictures exclusively for the Festival.

The film has been directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and American documentary filmmaker Jeff Zimbalist.

“We love it. We hate it. We see it as regressive. We see it as modern. We need to breathe it to feel alive. Some say it is the only culture that holds India together. Some say it gives identity and individuality to 25 million Indians that have left her shores and who’s third generations that are still addicted to it. That’s Bollywood!, ” reads the official website of the festival.

IFThe idea of this 81-minute film that brings together the most beautiful moments in the history of Indian musical films, came about when Kapur was on the Cannes Jury in 2010.

The Festival de Cannes 2011 will take place from 11 to 22 May.