Cannes 2025: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to return on red carpet; officials drop strict restrictions on outfits

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is all set to return to Cannes 2025. The queen of the red carpet is one of the most awaited Bollywood celebrities at this festival, and this year, too, she is gearing up to dazzle everyone with her beauty. Incidentally, she has been the major attraction from India at Cannes since she made her debut in 2002 during the promotion of her movie Devdas.

Apart from Ash, Alia Bhatt, who made her Met Gala debut last year, is making her debut at the prestigious film festival. Like Aishwarya Rai Bachchan , she will also walk for the L’Oreal cosmetic brand on the red carpet.

Simi Garewal may join Sharmila Tagore for the Cannes Classics Segment

Other celebrities who are also going to be a part of Cannes 2025 are Karan Johar and veteran actress Sharmila Tagore. The Aradhana actress will be attending the screening of the restored version of famous director Satyajit Ray’s cult classic Aranyer Din Ratri released in 1970. The movie is going to be shown under the Classics segment at Cannes. Simi Garewal is also expected to join Sharmila Tagore for this screening at Cannes.

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Ishaan Khatter and Janhvi Kapoor may also make their debut at Cannes this year because their OTT release Homebound may have a global premiere at Cannes 2025. Rumours are abuzz that a pregnant Kiara Advani might also make her debut at Cannes and speculations are also strong that Jacqueline Fernandez may return to this prestigious event this year too.

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Cannes officials drop strict restrictions on outfits

Cannes 2025 officially started today on May 13 and immediately attracted attention for its strict rules on nudity. The officials of the Cannes Festival have now banned nudity as well as wearing excessively voluminous clothing on the Cannes red carpet. This decision was taken after one of the demonstrators was seen going topless on the Cannes red carpet in 2022. Also, Bianca Censori walking in a transparent dress at the Grammy this year was instrumental in officials taking this decision.

The official statement of the Cannes Festival reads, “This year, the Cannes Film Festival has made explicit in its charter certain rules that have long been in effect. The aim is not to regulate attire per se, but to prohibit full nudity on the red carpet, by the institutional framework of the event and French law."

The statement further says that it “reserves the right to deny access to individuals whose attire could obstruct the movement of other guests or complicate seating arrangements in the screening rooms."