Cannes Rewind: Desi Tadka On The Red Carpet – Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Did It First

Sara Ali Khan’s lehenga look on the Cannes pink carpet has received her reward and he or she’s in august firm. Desi women Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Vidya Balan and Sonam Kapoor have proven up in lehengas at Cannes over time, some with extra success than the others. The OG was Aishwarya, who wore two lehengas whereas on jury obligation in 2003. They weren’t the midriff baring seems as seen on Sonam later and this 12 months on Sara. Those had been the Neetu Lulla years and Aishwarya’s lehengas had been accordingly blingy and verging on cheesy.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wore this lehenga with a pink prime to the opening ceremony:

Aishwarya at Cannes (Images credit score: AFP)

She wore a maroon lehenga as properly. Years later, in 2018, Sonam Kapoor wore an ivory creation by Ralph & Russo:

Sonam and Aishwarya at Cannes (Images credit score: AFP)

Vidya Balan’s much-maligned jury obligation wardrobe in 2013 included two lehengas, each by Sabyasachi. The styling of every was pretty elaborate, if fully completely different:

Vidya at Cannes (Image on the left – AFP, picture on the correct – Getty)

Both Sonam and Vidya additionally added some desi masala to the Cannes pink carpet with nostril rings – worn with sarees, not lehengas. Sonam styled her lehenga with an intricate decoration for her braid.

Sonam and Vidya at Cannes (Images credit score: Getty)

Cut to 2023 – Sara Ali Khan’s outfit of alternative for her massive Cannes debut was an Abu Jani-Sandeep Khosla creation – an ivory lehenga with shadow work and embroidery, the shirt embellished with pearls and resham, and a veil connected to her hair that trailed behind her as Sara walked the pink carpet of opening night time.

See Abu-Sandeep’s publish on the look right here:

Sara Ali Khan aside, Manushi Chhillar, Esha Gupta and Urvashi Rautela additionally walked the pink carpet final night time. Anushka Sharma, Aditi Rao Hydari and Mrunal Thakur may even be making their Cannes debuts this 12 months whereas Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will return for the twenty first time.