Smriti Irani skips Cannes Film Festival 2018, here’s why
Celebrities | May 09, 2018 20:36 ISTSmriti Irani was due to inaugurate the India Pavilion at the 71st Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday.
Smriti Irani was due to inaugurate the India Pavilion at the 71st Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday.
Eighteen strong films are competing for the highest honor Palme d’Or this year at 71st Cannes Film Festival with a jury led by Hollywood actor-producer and two times Oscar winner, Cate Blanchett.
Altogether 21 films are competing for the top prize of Cannes International Film Festival which runs from May 8 to 19.
The short film Delhi Dreams is a story of five underprivileged kids and about their dreams and aspirations.
"Delhi Dreams" depicts stories of ambition and aspiration of five underprivileged children.
Sonam looked stunning in her ivory and gold hand embroidered chinkara lehenga by Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla on her mehendi.
Magnum hereby confirms that Manish Malhotra will be making his debut at the Cannes Film Festival this season.
Festival director Thierry Fremaux is battling with Netflix because of the law passed that a movie cannot take part in the competition until it had a theatrical French release.
The Cannes festival has come under fire in the past for alleged sexism, notably over the obligation for women to wear high-heeled shoes on the red carpet.
While Aishwarya will be completing 17 years at the Cannes, Sonam will mark eight years at the prestigious film festival.
"It is overwhelming to witness the recognition and appreciation for Indian cinema at international platforms like Cannes", says Kangana Ranaut.
ImMATURE is the only Indian web series at the CANNESERIES Digital -- a competition dedicated to short formats -- that will compete against series from the US, Canada, South Korea, France and Spain.
Fremaux has been anti-selfie from the start, calling the procedure "ridiculous and grotesque.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who is ruling the Bollywood from decades, has also impressed fans with her classy Cannes looks over the years.
Sonam Kapoor is looking gorgeous on the cover of Vogue magazine and the actress is giving all the credit to her photographer.
Pooja Dhingra, known for her extraordinary confectionary creations, has beautifully crafted Aishwarya Rai, Sonam Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and many Hollywood actresses Cannes red carpet look on cakes.
In an interesting and surprising win, Swedish satire The Square was awarded the Palme d'Or top prize at 70th edition of the Cannes film festival.
Rajkummar Rao, whose movies often travel to film festivals, says there is no point cribbing about how the Indian focus at the 70th Cannes Film Festival is more on glamour and red carpet appearances than the celebration of cinema.
Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali, whose 2002 romantic drama Devdas was screened at the 70th Cannes Film Festival 15 years after its release, said that Indian films are now being increasingly embraced internationally.
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