Photos: Why we should thank Aishwarya, Sonam for turning up at Cannes
So Aishwarya Rai, Sonam Kapoor, Frieda Pinto and Mallika Sherawat turned up at Cannes - pout, supermodel stare, air kisses, Robot wave and can-can et al. Aishwarya rocked an elaborate, opulent golden Roberto Cavalli number to show Sonam Kapoor that she is the grand Cannes lady of India. Frieda Pinto gave the duo stiff competition too. And we should be thankful to these ladies, not only for lugging around dresses that look heavier than themselves but for also making lunch breaks more rewarding than stalking the best friend’s sister-in-law on Facebook.
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Since every living thing in the 100-metre radius of Cannes has now been convinced that after God said 'let there be light', there was Loreal, Aishwarya Rai has now decided that the iconic Cadbury's Eclairs wrapper deserved a Cannes debut. So she gave it one - a debut more stunning than her own Cannes debut some would say. Image: Reuters.
Ah, now this is the classic know-your-girlfriend picture test. If she goes, 'Too much make-up but lovely', you've got an aspiring feminist at hand. And if she goes 'ewww', eyes hovering somewhere around the arm, that's a fashion police. Either way, you should be a little worried. Reuters.
Sonam Kapoor plays the pretty ambassador for a species of Indian clothing left endangered since Madhuri Dixit committed herself to domesticity and Manish Malhotra anarkalis - we are talking about the choli here. So she takes the Mexican route of preserving it with a pink gauze poncho! Reuters.
Only if Cannes appearnces could make up for the memory for Aisha, we could have already forgiven Sonam Kapoor for murdering Jane Austen's classic Emma like that. Look how gracefully she manages to transport a volume of cloth that could easily build ten Durga Puja pandals in Kolkata - all by herself! Reuters.
And here's our most successful import to Hollywood after Kabir Bedi showing the desi girls, how it's done. Only the most unfashionable pink-hater can call that a Manish Malhotra play-tent. Image courtesy: Reuters.
And there she is again, fighting for the right of the ostrich to be back on fashion glossies after Helen retired. Who says she doesn't worry about Bollywood? Image courtesy: Reuters.
And oh my God! Is that Mallika Sherawat? And is she wearing something that doesn't look like an inappropriately torn Shaktiman suit? Stay quiet till the world's fashion police take a moment to wipe tears of happiness, please. Image courtesy: Reuters.