Cannes 2022: Akshay Kumar, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tamannaah Bhatia & Others To Grace The Red Carpet
The 75th Cannes Film Festival is all set to kick off on May 16. Earlier this week, Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone jetted off to attend the festival as part of the exclusive eight-member jury presided by French actor
The
75th
Cannes
Film
Festival
is
all
set
to
kick
off
on
May
16.
Earlier
this
week,
Bollywood
actress
Deepika
Padukone
jetted
off
to
attend
the
festival
as
part
of
the
exclusive
eight-member
jury
presided
by
French
actor
Vincent
Lindon.
Apart
from
Deepika,
who
is
expected
to
walk
the
red
carpet
for
all
ten
days
of
the
film
festival,
other
Bollywood
actors
like
Akshay
Kumar,
Pooja
Hegde
and
more
will
also
be
seen
attending
Cannes
2022.
According
to
reports,
Union
Minister
for
Information
and
Broadcasting
Anurag
Thakur
will
lead
the
delegation
from
India
to
Cannes.
The
delegation
will
include
actor-producer
R
Madhavan,
Akshay
Kumar,
music
composer
AR
Rahman,
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui,
Tamannaah
Bhatia
and
others.
For
the
unversed,
this
year,
Cannes'
Marche'
Du
Film
will
celebrate
India
as
its
Official
Country
Of
Honour.
As
part
of
the
celebrations,
the
Palais
des
Festival
is
set
to
premiere
R
Madhavan's
Rocketry:
The
Nambi
Effect,
which
will
take
place
on
May
19.
Other
actors
attending
the
festival
as
part
of
the
delegation
include
pan-India
artists
like
Pooja
Hegde
and
Nayanthara
along
with
CBFC
Chief
Prasoon
Joshi,
director
Shekhar
Kapur,
music
composer
Ricky
Rej
and
folk
artist
Mame
Khan.
Notably,
this
is
the
first
year
Cannes
will
have
an
official
Country
Of
Honour
and
is
expected
to
continue
this
tradition
with
its
future
editions.
As
part
of
celebrating
the
country's
cinema,
the
restored
version
of
G
Aravindan's
Thamp
will
also
be
screened
at
the
film
festival.
Meanwhile,
besides
the
official
Indian
delegation,
Cannes
regular
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
is
also
expected
to
make
her
red
carpet
appearance
in
2022.