Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
believes
society
needs
to
get
rid
of
the
prejudice
that
women,
who
like
dressing
up,
lack
substance.
The
actor
said
that
one
must
also
not
assume
that
a
woman
who
does
not
prefer
applying
makeup
lacks
in
colour.
"We
as
women
need
to
stop
judging
each
other.
If
you
apply
makeup
that
doesn't
mean
you
don't
have
brains.
It
doesn't
mean
you
lack
in
substance.
It
does
not
meant
that
you
are
not
sensitive
or
compassionate," she
said
in
a
media
interaction
over
video
from
Cannes.
The
actor
walked
the
red
carpet
at
Cannes
for
cosmetic
giant
L'Oreal
Paris
for
the
15th
year.
"At
the
same
time,
if
you
choose
not
to
use
make
up,
it
doesn't
mean
you
are
a
disinterested
person
or
a
person
lacking
in
colour.
Or
that
you
are
brainy
just
because
you
don't
put
make
up.
Or
that
you
are
too
serious
and
not
a
fun-loving
person,"
the
actor
added.
Aishwarya
said
that
when
it
came
to
grooming,
society
needed
to
break
free
from
these
"pre-conceived
notions".
At
the
French
Riviera,
82
women
had
protested
against
the
gender
inequity
in
the
film
industry,
led
by
the
Competition
jury
chairperson
Cate
Blanchett
and
Agnes
Varda.
Eighty-two,
incidentally,
is
the
number
of
films
by
female
directors
which
have
premiered
in
competition
at
Cannes
this
year,
as
compared
to
1,645
made
by
male
directors.
"We
witnessed
such
an
incredible
moment
with
82
women
from
the
cinema
together
on
the
red
carpet,
representing
all
of
us.
"I
wish
I
was
called
but
that's
the
number
they
wanted
in
order
to
represent
the
comparison
between
the
number
of
female
directors
and
1600
male
directors
whose
films
are
being
shown
at
Cannes.
We,
as
women
want,
that
number
to
change,"
Aishwarya
said.