Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on the Cannes red carpet. (Image courtesy: AFP)
New Delhi:
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who has been a regular at the Cannes Film Festival for years, took to the red carpet at the screening of Francis Ford Coppola. Megalopolis on thursday. The actress who has given two standout red carpet looks over the years, She was her stunning self in a Falguni Shane Peacock outfit. In a post shared by the official Instagram handle of Festival de Cannes, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s photo was part of a slide with Omar Sy, Greta Gerwig, Nadine Labaki, Anna Mougladis, Irene Jacob. However, the actress was not mentioned or tagged in the post. Needless to say, the actress’ fans were outraged and flooded the comments section of the post. Later, the post was edited and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was name checked.
The caption on that post read, “Red steps we can’t deny.” A quick look at what the comments section looked like before editing the post. “How dare you put Aishwarya Rai second,” read one comment. Another comment said, “Aishwarya Rai had to be mentioned too.” Another user added, “You can’t mention Aishwarya Rai in your caption attending Cannes before Greta Gerwig? The racism towards Indians in the West never fails to amaze me.” Another user wrote, “Want a post for Aishwarya Rai, the OG queen of Cannes.” Another fan asked, “Why? Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Not mentioned?” Another added, “Not you @aishwaryaraibachchan_arb just sad! #snubbsters.”
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who has been attending the Cannes Film Festival for more than 20 years, represents the cosmetic brand L’Oreal. She is expected to walk the red carpet tonight as well.
