Anurag Kashyap's 'Raman Raghav 2.0' to be screened at Cannes 2016

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap's "Raman Raghav 2.0", a film based on notorious serial killer Raman Raghav, who went on murder spree in Mumbai in the 1960s, will premiere at the upcoming 69th Cannes International Film Festival.

Kashyap took to Twitter on Tuesday to announce the news.

"'Raman Raghav 2.0' to premiere at Cannes Directors Fortnight. Congratulations team," he tweeted.

The film stars actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui in the title role alongside "Masaan" fame actor Vicky Kaushal.

However this is not the first time that a film directed Kashyap is going to be aired at Cannes.

Previously films like "Gangs of Wasseypur", "Peddlers", and "Bombay Talkies" have been premiered at the awards gala.

The 2016 Cannes International Film Festival is scheduled to take place from May 11 till May 22.

"Raman Raghav 2.0" is slated to release in India on May 27.