Bollywood will share the spotlight at the 64th Cannes Film Festival from May 11 to 22, with a special film showcasing India's unique film culture, organizers announced Friday.

"Bollywood - The Greatest Love Story Ever Told", a feature film produced by 2010 Cannes Jury member Shekhar Kapoor, will be screened out of competition during the festival.

"It is a swirling and poignant montage" that "pays tribute to this cinema genre that has contributed to establishing India's identity in the eyes of the world and to making Mumbai one of the world capitals of film history," the organizers said in a statement.

It said the film, which combined "the most beautiful moments in the history of Indian musical films", came from a conversation with Shekhar Kapoor in 2010.

Indian filmmaker and screenwriter Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and American documentary maker Jeff Zimbalist joined the direction of the 81-minute-long feature.

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