We were proud that our celebrity stars are going at Cannes Film Festival. But the truth is that International press don’t identify them at all.
Let’s take a look of what they published about our Bollywood actors there:
Getty Images caption on Minissha Lamba (May 11): ‘Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’ attends the Opening Ceremony at the Palais des Festivals at 64th Cannes Film Festival
Reuters on Mallika Sherawat (May 14): Actress ‘Stephanie Sigman’ arrives on the red carpet for the screening of the film Pirates Of The Caribbean
Reuters on Sonam Kapoor (May 15): ‘An unidentified guest’ arrives on the red carpet for the screening of the film The Artist by director Michel Hazanavicius
Actor Saif Ali Khan, too, did not get noticed there. His name wasn’t announced on the red carpet.
Our Industry’s experts expressed their views about it.
Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt says, “These guys just went for some party hopping, but this goes to show the truth that we are far from matching Hollywood.”
Trade expert Taran Adarsh says, “Our stars may be worshipped in India, but the reality remains that besides some, people don’t know Indian actors there. I don’t blame foreign agencies for not recognising them, especially Sonam, who is yet to make it big.”
Ad guru Prahlad Kakkar says, “Sonam should have shown her middle finger to the cameras!”
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