01/7First is always ​special



With the Cannes Film Festival kickstarting from today, we look back at our Indian beauties and what they wore during their first appearance at the Cannes Film Festival.

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02/7Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in 2002

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in 2002

Aishwarya is the undisputed queen of Cannes. She has been surprising us all year after year with her marvellous red carpet outings at the Cannes Film Festival. Her debut was in the year 2002, when she walked on the Cannes red carpet for her superhit film Devdas wearing a yellow Neeta Lulla sari. For her first, she wanted to represent her country in the truest possible, hence she picked a sari.

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03/7Priyanka Chopra Jonas in 2019

Priyanka Chopra Jonas in 2019

She attended the screening of Rocketman in 2019 at the Cannes Film Festival wearing a strapless black and red gown from Roberto Cavalli. The dress featured a thigh-high slit. Peecee fared well given that it was her Cannes debut.

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04/7Sonam K Ahuja in 2011

Sonam K Ahuja in 2011

Sonam redefined the way International media perceived Indian actresses and their fashion on the Cannes red carpet with her debut in 2022. She picked a Jean Paul Gaultier gown in white and received a fabulous response from fashion critics. Sonam has been slaying on the Cannes red carpet since then and it was only getting better with each passing year.

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05/7Deepika Padukone in 2010

Deepika Padukone in 2010

Someone who really had a makeover is Deepika Padukone. Her Cannes debut look in 2010, in a sari, wasn't something that struck a chord among the style mavens. But the way Dippy has transformed herself in the style department now is commendable.

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06/7Vidya Balan in 2014

Vidya Balan in 2014

For those of us who remember, it was in 2014 that Vidya Balan attended the Cannes Film Festival as a jury. It seemed as if she was there to promote her estranged friend Sabyasachi, because she only wore his garments on the red carpet. However, she received a lukewarm response for her style choices that year and she had a major fall out with Sabyasachi post that. The spat was so ugly that she doesn't wear clothes from Sabyasachi till date.

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07/7Mallika Sherawat in 2005

Mallika Sherawat in 2005

One Indian celebrity, who has marked her attendance at the Cannes Film Festival every year, without fail is Mallika Sherawat. She made her Cannes debut in 2005 and her controversial fashion choices made news.

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