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

Announcing this at Cannes, just before the launch of Mani Ratnam's film 'Raavan', Venice Film Festival director Marco Muller Said that "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".