Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan once again dazzled on the red carpet of Cannes 2025. On the first day, she grabbed everyone’s attention in a traditional style with a white sari and dark red sindoor. Now on the second day, Aishwarya was seen in a completely new avatar. She wore a black sequin gown, which was styled with a silver-beige oversized cape. This time Aishwarya also changed her hairstyle. Instead of the usual straight hair, she chose soft side waves, which made her look more special. Red lipstick and big earrings completed the look. She folded her hands and said namaste on the red carpet. Let us tell you that a glimpse of the universe was seen on her gown. It was embroidered with silver, gold, charcoal and black colors. It was decorated with micro glass crystals, which were seen shining from different angles in the light, but the most special thing was a Sanskrit shloka written on the cape. According to the Economic Times report, this was the famous shloka of the Bhagavad Gita “Karmanyewadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu Kadachana…” meaning “Keep doing your work, don’t worry about the results.” Before this, Aishwarya’s sindoor look also went viral. It is worth noting that Aishwarya’s sindoor look of the first day also went viral. Aishwarya returned to the red carpet of Cannes on 21 May. After which she came to the Cannes Film Festival 2025 with her look. More than her dress, people’s attention went to the shining red sindoor adorned in her maang. Ivory colored finely woven Banarasi saree, hand-crafted tissue dupatta and a necklace made of more than 500 carats of rubies and uncut diamonds around the neck, but most of all her sindoor was discussed, which emerged as a symbol of Indianness. Aishwarya’s saree was designed by famous fashion designer Manish Malhotra. Aishwarya had worn a saree earlier too
This year was Aishwarya’s 22nd appearance at Cannes. In 2002, she walked the Cannes red carpet for the first time during the screening of the film ‘Devdas’. At that time, she wore a yellow-gold colored saree designed by Neeta Lulla and arrived sitting in a chariot, as if a royal princess had come to represent India on the international stage. Shahrukh Khan and director Sanjay Leela Bhansali were also present with her. Also, in 2003, Aishwarya wore a saree at Cannes and spread her beauty. The special thing is that this look of Aishwarya came at a time when the Indian government is going to discuss ‘Operation Sindoor’ in 33 countries. This operation was started after the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on 22 April. After ‘Operation Sindoor’, India is sending 7 all-party delegations to 33 countries to effectively present its policy against Pakistan-sponsored terrorism on the global stage. Apart from this, there have been speculations of divorce between Aishwarya and Abhishek Bachchan in recent months. In such a situation, her sindoor was perhaps considered a private and public answer.
