India at the French Riviera

Ritesh Batra‘s debut feature film The Lunchbox is in the competition section at the International Critics’ Week alongside six other films. One of them is a short,Tau Seru,an Indian-Australian production by Rodd Rathjen about a young nomad in the Himalayas.

Manjeet Singh,director of Mumbai Cha Raja,will get a chance to promote his latest project Chenu at the L’Atelier,a meeting place for producers and exhibitors.

Satyajit Ray’s Charulata will be presented at Cannes Classics as part of the official selection.

Shimmer and Shine

AT Festival de Cannes,fashion and glamour always enjoys as much importance as cinema. A slew of stars will be attending the 11-day event. Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan will be making her 12th consecutive appearance at the festival. Joining her as brand ambassadors of L’Oreal Paris are Freida Pinto and Sonam Kapoor. Sonam will be donning one of the six special looks inspired by Bollywood,from the black liner,gold dust and red lipstick Rekha look to the pink,sliver and shimmer Zeenat “disco” look.