“Grew Up Watching Aishwarya Rai Bachchan” – Alia Bhatt
Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt made her red carpet debut at the Cannes Film Festival this year. She walked the red carpet in a gorgeous, sculpted ivory gown. The actress also made history by wearing Gucci’s first-ever saree. Present at the prestigious festival was also Cannes veteran, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. In an interview from Cannes, Alia spoke about her admiration for Bachchan and said that she grew up watching the actress grace Cannes. Alia said, “Around this time, everyone is on their phone, looking at the red carpet looks, looking at the beauty looks. I, for one, have actually grown up watching Aishwarya Rai Bachchan walk the carpet in all her glory and really represent India on global stage. And it is always such a huge inspiration. So, it really feels very nice. Like a pinch-me moment to be here. And it’s actually really lovely energy, the city is buzzing, there’s so much happy positive vibes around, we are all here to actually celebrate cinema, but you are also here to celebrate the coming together of …
