Designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee & Miss India Kanishtha Dhankar at Cannes 2011

Rani Mukherjee who was set to walk the Cannes red carpet this year with designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee, was replaced by Miss India world Kanishtha Dhankar owing to Rani's dad's illness. Kanishtha Dhankar wore a Sabyasachi Mukherjee dress which reminds us of the 60's princesses. Sabyasachi himself wore a bandhgala.

Sabyasachi Mukherjee & Miss India Kanishtha Dhankar at Cannes 2011

Miss India Kanishtha Dhankar and Sabyasachi Mukherjee at Cannes 2011 Red Carpet

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Sonam Kapoor at the Chopard's Party Photocall at Cannes 2011

Sonam Kapoor at the Photocall of the Chopard's Party at Cannes Film Festival. Sonam looks stylish wearing The Row, luscious emeralds from Chopard and carrying a Lieber clutch with Ferragamo shoes.

Sonam Kapoor at the Photocall of the Chopard's Party at Cannes, Sonam Kapoor Cannes photoshoot, Sonam Kapoor at Cannes 2011 photogallery, Sonam Kapoor's Cannes pictures.

Videos of Sonam Kapoor Walking The Red Carpet at Cannes 2011

Sonam Kapoor turns out to be India’s only original fashion diva. She made her Cannes red carpet debut in a Jean Paul Gaultier gown looking stunning as only a global celebrity can. Chopard earrings, an Amrapali ring and Ferragamo shoes completed the look that made the paparazzi turn its gaze towards her. “I had an absolute blast,” she tweeted soon after. Sonam attend the festival as one of the brand ambassadors of cosmetic major L’oreal Paris.

Anupama Chopra Interviews Sonam Kapoor at Cannes About Her Visit and More

Sonam Kapoor speaks to Anupama Chopra about her first time at Cannes, who's making her dress, and why she thinks there was nothing controversial about her conversation on Koffee With Karan. Watch the video below.

Kalki Koechlin at the Toronto International Film Festival For The Screening of "That Girl in Yellow Boots"

Anurag Kashyap’s That Girl In Yellow Boots, featuring Kalki Koechlin and Naseeruddin Shah was featured at The Toronto film Festival 2010, which began last week

Kalki Koechlin on the red carpet for the special presentation of That Girl in Yellow Boots at the Visa Screening Room during the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept 17, 2010.

Kalki Koechlin at the Toronto International Film Festival

Kalki Koechlin at the Toronto Film Festival

Kalki Koechlin at the Toronto International Film Festival For The Screening of "That Girl in Yellow Boots"

Kalki Koechlin at The Screening of "That Girl in Yellow Boots" at the Toronto International Film Festival

Co-director of the festival, Cameron Bailey was all praise for Kiran Rao’s Dhobi Ghat, which was screened at Toronto film festival last week, describing it as “a love letter to Mumbai”. Bashir’s Harud, he says, “is a remarkable achievement marked by indelible performances and a deep understanding of politics of family and war”.

Making waves

That Girl In Yellow Boots has already made news when a bold scene with Koechlin was leaked on the Internet. Since Kashyap wanted to position the film as an emotional story, he is understandably upset. Koechlin remains upbeat and ahd said: “The film was well received at the Venice Film Festival and Anurag and I are looking forward to a positive response at Toronto before its November release in India.”

Bashir’s Harud will have its world premiere at the festival and he’s hoping to meet his idols, Robert Redford and Clint Eastwood. He’s also hoping to hit the international market that’s slowly coming out of recession.

“I’m also excited about watching non-American films that are not easily available on DVD back home,” he smiles. “And I’m looking forward to getting a first-hand response from an international audience to a film on Kashmir… The stress and the psychological damage people have gone through in the valley.”

Sidharth Srinivasan who’s produced Pairon Tale with the support of the Rotterdam International Film Festival's Hubert Bals Fund, believes his film stands a good shot at crossing over.

Cannes Film Festival 2010 Award Winners Announced

>> Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul won the Palme d'Or top prize at the Cannes film festival on Sunday
>> Javier Bardem and Elio Germano share best actor award
>> Best actress is Juliette Binoche.

CANNES: Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul won the Palme d'Or top prize at the Cannes film festival on Sunday for a surreal reincarnation tale, Uncle Boonmee who can recall his past lives.


Spanish actor Javier Bardem, who plays a terminally-ill hustler in Biutiful by Mexico's Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, shared the best actor award with Italy's Elio Germano.

Javier Bardem and Elio Germano winners of the Best Actor Award

Best actress Juliette Binoche.

And France's Juliette Binoche was named best actress for her role as an unhappy antiques dealer in Certified copy by Iran's Abbas Kiarostami.

Surprise win

Mr. Weerasethakul was a surprise best film winner after critics strongly tipped French director Xavier Beauvois, who took the runner-up Grand Prix for Of gods and men, about Catholic monks threatened by Islamists in Algeria.

“This is like another world for me... this is surreal,” Mr. Weerasethakul told a packed festival hall after receiving the Palme d'Or from the head of the festival jury, U.S. film-maker Tim Burton.

The 39-year-old director thanked “the spirits... in Thailand that surrounded us” while making the film, a hypnotic tale featuring a humanoid monkey ghost and a disfigured princess having sex with a catfish.

Best director

Frenchman Mathieu Amalric won the best director prize for On tour, about a troupe of buxom American stripteasers touring French seaside towns, while South Korean director Lee Chang-Dong's Poetry scooped best screenplay.

Hundreds of celebrity-spotters lined the waterfront around the festival hall ahead of Sunday night's gala ceremony.

Critics have widely pegged this year's edition of the world's biggest film festival as more low-key than usual, with fewer big stars and hit movies.

But the main competition still drew some big names, including three former Palme winners: Britons Mike Leigh and Ken Loach plus Kiarostami.

Five Asian works were competing on Sunday, including another South Korean film, The housemaid.

Cannes had asked Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi to sit on the jury but he was prevented from attending. He has been in jail in Tehran since March, accused by authorities of planning a film against the country's Islamic leaders.

The French government and the festival demanded Panahi's release and the film-maker himself spoke out against his detention in a letter to Cannes organisers.

Controversy too

Controversy also erupted over Outside the Law, a violent thriller about Algeria's independence struggle, which sparked rowdy demonstrations by protesters who accused director Rachid Bouchareb of rewriting history.

Also at the ceremony was Charlotte Gainsbourg, who won the prize for best actress last year for her role in Lars Von Trier's erotic shocker, Antichrist.

The French actress was presenting the last film of this year's festival — The tree, a Franco-Australian movie directed by Julie Bertuccelli which screens out of competition.

Last year, the Palme went to Austrian director Michael Haneke for The white ribbon.

CANNES WINNERS:

Palme d'Or (For Best Film) - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Best director - Mathieu Amalric for On Tour
Best actress - Juliette Binoche for Certified Copy
Best actor- Shared by Javier Bardem for Biutiful and Elio Germano for Our Life
Best screenplay - Lee Chang-Dong for Poetry
Grand Prix - Of Gods and Men directed by Xavier Beauvois
Jury Prize - A Screaming Man directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

Reason Why Freida Pinto Missed Cannes Film Festival 2010

'Slumdog Millionaire' star Freida Pinto, who was supposed to be part of the 63rd Cannes International Film Festival, could not attend the event owing to shooting commitments.


The actress was expected to walk the red carpet with the stars of her film 'You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger' directed by Woody Allen. Freida Pinto unfortunately could not attend the Cannes film festival as she was shooting for 'Immortals' in Canada. Her film 'You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger' directed by Woody Allen was premiered at Cannes this year.

'Immortals' directed by Tarsem Singh is slated to release in 2011. The Cannes Film Festival was held between May 12 and May 23 2010.

Paris Hilton at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival 2010 After Parties

Paris Hilton at the Chopard party in Cannes/Cannes After Parties

Pictures of Paris Hilton arriving at VIP Club to host a party during the 63rd Annual Cannes Film Festival.
Images of Paris Hilton in a black dress at Cannes International Film Festival 2010.

Mallika Sherawat at the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Event at Cannes 2010

Mallika Sherawat attended ‘Cinema Against AIDS 2010’ event organised by amfAR (a non-profit organisation dedicated to AIDS research). Mallika was the only Indian actor present at the event that was attended by some of the likes of Mick Jagger, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Gerard Butler, designers Karl Lagerfeld and Roberto Cavalli.

Mallika at the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Gala

Mallika Sherawat in a little black dress at the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Gala Event

Mallika Sherawat at Dior Dinner Party at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival 2010

ANTIBES, FRANCE - MAY 21: Mallika Sherawat attends the Dior Dinner at Hotel du Cap, Eden Roc during the 63rd Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2010 in Antibes, France.

Pictures of Mallika Sherawat in a lovely white dress at a Cannes Dinner Party

‘Udaan’ Premiere at 63rd Cannes Film Fest, Pictures of Ronit Roy & Ram Kapoor

The Indian film Udaan was screened on May 19, 2010 at the 63rd International Cannes Film Festival.
'Udaan', a film by debutant director Vikramaditya Motwane, starring Ronit Roy was selected for the screening in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival. And Ronit and the other members from the cast and crew of the film made an appearance at the event and were snapped on the red carpet at cannes 2010.

Images of Udaan Team at Cannes Rajat Barmecha, Vikramaditya Motwane, Ronit Roy and Ram Kapoor on the red carpet

The team are greeted by Cannes general delegate Thierry Fremaux

Apart From Ronit Roy the movie also stars another popular TV actor and anchor, Ram Kapoor.

Director Vikramaditya Motwane and Rajat Barmecha

Co-written and produced by Anurag Kashyap, 'Udaan' is the story of a schoolboy's emotional journey and his relationship with his father.