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Bollywood actresses fail to impress at Cannes

Bollywood celebrities certainly did not live up to the hype at the red carpet

Entertainment Desk May 18, 2015

With Cannes Film Festival under way, all eyes are always on the outfits sported by celebrities and the stylists who dressed them. With high hopes set on Sonam Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai and Katrina Kaif to stun audiences and paparazzi on the red carpet; their looks left us disappointed to say the least.

Katrina Kaif's debut appearance at Cannes definitely got our attention, but for all the wrong reasons. On her first appearance, we couldn't decide which was worse: the Oscar De La Renta black lace dress or her red tresses.

The NYPost were actually very being polite when they merely described her hair colour and her dress as "awful". We think it was really much worse.

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Katrina did make up for it by donning a red belted Elie Saab number for her second appearance, pairing it up with a pair of 8-inch heels. The dress was not so bad, but when combined with red lips and red hair, it just left us wondering if red was really the only colour in the universe.

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While Katrina Kaif has returned from Cannes, Sonam Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai have both made their first appearances on the red carpet.

Sonam's electric blue Ralph & Russo couture gown was overwhelming and did the actress' svelte figure no favours. She did manage to avert a complete disaster with her exquisite Chopard sapphire and diamond earrings and blue Zanotti sandals, though.

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We have to admit, the actress looked much better in the chic, flowery summery dress she wore as she left the hotel to get styled for her look.
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We were definitely expecting a lot more from Sonam, especially after that gorgeous Abu Sandeep sari she had worn at a press conference a few days prior.

Aishwarya too failed to impress us with her green Elie Saab rag, that looked as if it was a size or two small on her.

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Dear Aishwarya, we appreciate that you are reluctant to shed your baby weight, but we really think you need to dress for your size - armpit bulge doesn't look attractive on anyone.

As if the colour of the dress wasn't hideous enough, the green liner just made it worse.

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COMMENTS (13)

Ayesha | 9 years ago | Reply Yes ALL failed to impress and Katrina was miserable. However Sonam and Aishwarya's beauty look were on point I believe. Colored liner is a trend internationally, maybe with the dress and all it looked to much. Alas the bulges I think the designers just send particular sizes and they have to fit in them. Aishwarya had similar incident last year, but give props to her for striding out there in strapless and sleeveless!

Ila | 9 years ago | Reply I think I find this post more appalling than their dresses. The writer is quite opinionated, rude and insensitive. Whether a woman wants to shed baby weight or not is her concern. You can keep your idea of a perfect woman to yourself. Nobody is perfect and she has definitely achieved much more in life than the writer of this post has. Secondly, to reply to the person who has commented that the actresses only look good with bollywood treatment and without that they are the average Indian girl at the spelling bee contest, I would like to say that there is no one type of average Indian girl. There are 1.3 billion people in India and each girl is different in her own. And most Indian girls have to fight to go to school or get new books - so forget about paying registration fees for a spelling bee contest. And studying in indua, I have learnt that India isn't very fond of spelling bee contests either. So you can research a little bit about indua before making assumptions about Indian girls based on the NRIs. I too can make a presumption about average white girl being dumb and ignorant and vain. But I know that not all are like that. Lastly, to the person commenting all these women are shallow, I would like to ask you - do you know them personally? In what basis have you assumed that they are shallow? Just because they like to play dress up and attention big award functions like Cannes? Being shallow is a subjective concept. Don't just throw around words because you know them.

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Demolition Woman | 9 years ago | Reply @Timorlane: No wonder you love watching Bollywood productions !

Shakti | 9 years ago | Reply @satender rajput: If that is the case, should she be hitting the red-carpet circuit?

Timorlane | 9 years ago | Reply @Demolition Woman: No ma'am not Pakistan or India for that fact where women actresses like depika shows off tatoos of her lover actor's name on her body then deletes it all for cheap publicity stunts. Make and Break ups are also common in West but they wouldn't stoop to the lowly spectacles these women resort to in Bollywood

Raees | 9 years ago | Reply havent seen a single pakistani in my whole life at these festivals..do they get a invite...

Demolition Woman | 9 years ago | Reply @Timorlane: "..intellectually mature human societies..": Pakistan in a 'nutshell'.

S sajid | 9 years ago | Reply I think what you've written for Aishwarya is absolutely horrible. It's non of your business if she chooses to loose her 'baby weight' which she has lost most of. Stop making it look like that thin is the only sexy and that everyone should conform to YOUR idea of perfect weight or whatever. The person who has written this article probably hasn't given birth to children and doesn't see that it is beautiful and anything a woman wants to do with her body is her business and not yours. Your derogatory comments won't make you a better person. It is things like this that encourage people to hate on themselves even though they are perfectly beautiful people. Horrible. Hope you this helps you sleep at night.

Manju | 9 years ago | Reply Accepted that the dresses and makeup weren't very chic. But please don't comment so rudely on Airshwarya's armpit bulge and baby weight. That's no one's business. Aishwarya or any woman on Earth shouldn't be bothered to please anyone by hiding their armpit bulge or flab. You find it repelent, that's your problem. Keep your shitty opinion about body image to yourself.

Timorlane | 9 years ago | Reply Even besides the beauty aspect these women are too shallow hollow to impress even ordinary folks in intellectually mature human societies

Demolition Woman | 9 years ago | Reply Sorry to say these damsels only look good when undergoing the Bollywood treatment to make them look better than they really are. But at the end of the day, take away the bleach creams, hair dyes and a whole host of artificial interventions and you are left with just the plain Indian girl at the spelling bee contest.

satender rajput | 9 years ago | Reply Yes I agree with you. But aishwarya is pregnant again. So your comments are little harsh for her.

waqas | 9 years ago | Reply tear, tore, torn by webdesk, and rightly so.. thumbs up for web desk..

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