Nandita Das is among the ones who have time and again made the united states of america proud with her work and global recognition. The filmmaker has been to Cannes regularly but may be giving it a miss this 12 months. As she may not be visible at the film competition, Das took to Instagram to make her presence felt and shared some throwback images from the equal. Wearing sarees in each picture, Nandita Das shared how humans have forgotten that Cannes is a film competition and not all about fashion.

Nandita Das wrote, "Sadly lacking Cannes this year. Sometimes humans seem to neglect that it's miles a competition of movies and now not of clothes! Considering I can’t show you the great films I watched or the conversations I even have had or take you back in time when Manto premiered there. Here are some pix over time in Cannes. And only the ones in Saris as there is a fair quantity of chatter approximately the ‘celebrities who wore saris in Cannes’. Well it's far sincerely my pass-to garment. Simple, elegant and Indian. Least fussy - smooth to get in and get out of it!"She concluded, "Each of the images have an exciting story in the back of it however too lengthy to proportion. So sense loose to make up your very own story from the pictures you notice. And wager the yr they are from - 2005, 20013, 2016-2018!"Earlier, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri took a dig at people at Cannes. He tweeted on Saturday, "Do you realize that Cannes Film Festival is ready movies? I idea I should remind you simply if you had been thinking it’s a style display.”

Reacting to the publish, Meera Chopra commented, “Its very sad, I stated the identical thing when I went there closing 12 months.. That it's become a style parade. Bollywood simplest talks about what you are carrying and in which all you are being covered in media, to the volume that it turns into worrying. Believe me it's now not the equal for other international locations. They've now not gone loopy like us on fashion and pr!”

This 12 months, many Bollywood celebrities made their debut on the Cannes Red Carpet. From Sara Ali Khan, Esha Gupta to Mrunal Thakur, many celebrities marked their presence at the pageant.