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Spotted: Vidya Balan in a 'desi' look at Cannes International Film Festival

Updated on: 15 May,2013 01:17 PM IST  | 
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The actress arrived in a maroon coloured lehenga at the Martinez Hotel in Cannes to attend a photocall of the Jury on the eve of the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival

Spotted: Vidya Balan in a 'desi' look at Cannes International Film Festival

The 66th edition of Cannes Film Festival kickstarted today at the French Riviera. Bollywood actress Vidya Balan, who is making a debut at the festival and is also the jury member with renowned names like Nicole Kidman, Ang Lee and jury president Steven Spielberg from Hollywood, made her first appearance at the festival.


Vidya Balan arrives at the Martinez Hotel in Cannes to attend a photocall of the Jury on the eve of the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Pic/AFP
Vidya Balan arrives at the Martinez Hotel in Cannes to attend a photocall of the Jury on the eve of the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Pic/AFP


Photos: Cannes and the Indian connection


The actress wore a maroon coloured Sabyasachi lehenga complimented with chunky 'jhumkas'.

Vidya Balan arrives at the Martinez Hotel in Cannes to attend a photocall of the Jury on the eve of the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Pic/AFP
Vidya Balan dressed in maroon Sabyasachi lehenga at the festival. Pic/AFP

Vidya Balan, who feels honoured to be a part of the jury at the festival especially when Indian cinema completes 100 years, had recently mentioned about her dressing preferences at the festival. "I will be wearing sarees forever. My style mantra here is Indian so I am going to do the same at Cannes too. I also wear a lot of 'kalidars' some of which I am going to wear there too."

Vidya Balan wears maroon Sabyasachi lehenga with ethnic
Vidya Balan compliments the Sabyasachi lehenga with ethnic 'jhumkas'. Pic/AFP

Vidya called up designer Sabyasachi to design her clothes for the several appearences at Cannes. "Sabyasachi is designing my clothes and Jayati Bose will be doing my styling for Cannes," she said.

With inputs from agencies
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