Acclaimed Indian director Mani Ratnam will be honoured with Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the Venice Film Festival to be held in September.

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Announcing this at Cannes, just before the launch of Mani Ratnam's film "Raavan", Venice Film Festival director Marco Muller said: "Mani Ratnam is one of the greatest innovators in contemporary Indian cinema. He helped introduce the auteur concept to contemporary Bollywood. We are very proud to honour the work of the great Indian director Mani Ratnam."

The festival premiere of "Raavan" was attended by the director, Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, Vikram and A.R. Rahman.