Sarees Please We're Indian:

Desi Girls
at Cannes

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Before Aishwarya, Deepika, Vidya and Sonam, the saree OGs were Nishant stars Shabana Azmi and Smita Patil

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AISHWARYA IN
NEETA LULLA (2002) 

Fast forward 26 years to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's first Cannes moment 

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AISHWARYA IN
NEETA LULLA (2003)  

Ash went to Cannes every year since, very often in a saree

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Ash soon diversified into Sabyasachi, Abu-Sandeep and Tarun Tahiliani

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VIDYA IN
SABYASACHI (2013)  

Saree style at Cannes exploded the year Vidya Balan was a jury member

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VIDYA IN
SABYASACHI (2013)  

What happens when you take a desi girl to pardes

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VIDYA IN
SABYASACHI (2013)  

Sarees call for equally desi jewellery

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SONAM IN ANAMIKA KHANNA (2013) 

The nose ring was also Sonam Kapoor's accessory of choice on the red carpet

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SONAM IN ANAMIKA KHANNA (2014) 

Sonam also nailed this great take on a saree-inspired dress

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SONAM IN
ABU-SANDEEP (2015)  

The saree has also been Sonam's go-to outfit for off-red carpet events

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DEEPIKA IN
ROHIT BAL (2010)  

Way before Deepika Padukone stormed the red carpet in 2017, she went to Cannes in a saree

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Nandita Das quietly makes a saree splash at Cannes almost every year

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KANGANA IN MADHURYA (2019)  

Not quietly at all, Kangana Ranaut has been stopping Cannes traffic recently

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Long may the saree revolution continue

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