Cannes 2014: Bollywood geared up to represent Indian film industry

The prestigious Cannes Film Festival has begun for the 67th time yesterday, May 14, and Bollywood celebrities like Uday Chopra and Mallika Sherawat have reportedly arrived in the French city. On the other hand Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was spotted at Mumbai airport leaving for Cannes. Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor also gave a final touch to her fashion quotient as she was getting ready to attend the gala red carpet.

Uday’s maiden production venture, Grace of Monaco, was listed to inaugurate the Cannes Film Festival this year. This film has been directed by French director Olivier Dahan who received wide acclaim for his Oscar-winning film La Vie En Rose. Uday also shared one of his pictures on Twitter at the French Riviera. Earlier Uday stated, “I knew from the moment I read the script that we had something special in Grace of Monaco. I feel proud that YRF Entertainment has managed to reach this milestone with its first release.” Mallika also posted her selfie tweeting, “Selfie from the French Rivera :)” The actress has been invited to raise the curtain for CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) Pavilion during the international film festival.

Aishwarya was seen along with her daughter Aaradhya Bachchan and mother Brinda Rai on her way to Cannes. She was accompanied by her brother Aditya Rai at the airport and will be gracing the red carpet on Friday, May 16. Sonam has also managed some time out from her hectic schedule to try multiple designer outfits. Sonam is known to be very choosy about her outfits and it has been learnt that her sister Rhea is helping her out to take the final decision this time. While Sonam and Aishwarya will have the final touches from international stylist Michael Angel, Mallika will wear a white lehenga by Indian designer Manish Tripathi. While inaugurating the festival at the Grace of Monaco premiere Mallika looked pretty in an Emilio Pucci gown. Much more is awaited from the French city as this is just the beginning of another season of the exciting stylish Cannes film festival.