An ivory saree, a stunning tissue drape and luscious Mozambique rubies adorning her neck and hands. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan made a picture perfect appearance at the Cannes Film Festival. But what truly stood out in the former Miss World’s first Cannes look this year was a the bright red ‘sindoor’ glowing in her hair.
The message was loud and clear - both at home and to the world.
India is just about dispatching its delegations to 33 countries to speak about Operation Sindoor, which followed the Pahalgam terror attack of April 22. 
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, with sindoor in her hair, played quite the cultural ambassador of India that she has been at Cannes.
The sindoor hit two goals at once. The vermillion, the mark of a married Hindu woman, was perhaps also to shut all divorce rumours that Aishwarya and husband Abhishek Bachchan have been subjected to for months now.
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Aishwarya's much-anticipated Cannes look was put together by ace fashion designer Manish Malhotra. The saree, a handwoven Kadwa Banarasi handloom pick, was ivory, understated, and helped the sindoor take centrestage. She paired the saree with a handwoven tissue drape, and high jewellery from Manish Malhotra Jewellery. The necklace featured over 500 carats of Mozambique rubies and uncut diamonds in 18k gold. Along with that, was a statement ring.
Aishwarya, who is a regular at Cannes, treated fans to a 'Devdas' throwback. The actress wore a saree to the French Riviera in 2002 too, for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Devdas' at the film festival.
While all these years, it has been Aishwarya's choice of clothes at Cannes that did the talking - both good and not so good - her sindoor is going to be a talking point this year.
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