New Delhi: Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor will walk the red carpet at the 65th edition of the Cannes International Film Festival, which is starting May 16.
Sonam, brand ambassador of L’Oreal Paris, will represent the cosmetic giant at the fest for the second consecutive year, reports a statement.
“The Cannes film festival is the oldest and most prestigious film festival where the best in cinema gets showcased. I am excited to be at the closing ceremony where the best films will get awarded,” said Sonam.
The brand will complete 15 years as the official make-up partner for the fest this year and to celebrate the occasion, the 26-year-old will walk the red carpet at the closing ceremony May 27.
She would be joined by approximately 35 other representatives of L’Oreal Paris including Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Freida Pinto, Eva Longoria, Jane Fonda and Bianca Balti.
Meanwhile, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap is all geared up to attend the 65th Cannes International Film Festival, starting May 16, his actress wife Kalki Koechlin won’t be accompanying him but is hopeful that one day she would attend the gala.
“I wouldn’t be able to attend Cannes festival as I would be busy shooting for my film. I have been begging my director to give me sometime off, but that’s not happening. But doesn’t matter, one day I would go to Cannes with one of my films,” Kalki told IANS
The actress has begun shooting for Vishal Bhardwaj’s Ek Thi Dayan with Konkona Sen Sharma and Emraan Hashmi.
Kashyap is ecstatic after three of his films have been selected for the 12-day festival to be held in the French Riviera.
Peddlers, produced by Guneet Monga of Anurag Kashyap Films Pvt. Ltd, will be showcased alongside six other films from countries like Spain, France, Argentina and Germany at the Cannes Critics’ Week, a parallel section of the film festival.
Both parts of Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur, have also been chosen for screening at the fest’s Directors’ Fortnight section.(IANS)
