Cannes Rewind: Desi Tadka On The Red Carpet - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Did It First
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Cannes Rewind: Aishwarya, Sonam and Vidya have all worn lehengas
Sara Ali Khan's lehenga look on the Cannes red carpet has won her praise and she's in august company. Desi girls Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Vidya Balan and Sonam Kapoor have shown up in lehengas at Cannes over the years, some with more success than the others. The OG was Aishwarya, who wore two lehengas while on jury duty in 2003. They weren't the midriff baring looks as seen on Sonam later and this year on Sara. Those were the Neetu Lulla years and Aishwarya's lehengas were accordingly blingy and verging on tacky.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan wore this lehenga with a pink top to the opening ceremony:
She wore a maroon lehenga as well. Years later, in 2018, Sonam Kapoor wore an ivory creation by Ralph & Russo:
Vidya Balan's much-maligned jury duty wardrobe in 2013 included two lehengas, both by Sabyasachi. The styling of each was fairly elaborate, if completely different:
