Sara Ali Khan Talks About Her Cannes Debut, Says It's Important To Promote 'Indianness'

Sara Ali Khan dressed in a beige and white Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla lehenga at Cannes.

New Delhi: Sara Ali Khan, who made her debut at the Cannes Film Festival, is now back and busy touring across the country to promote her new movie, 'Zara Hatke Zara Bachke'. Now that she spoke about her trip to Cannes, it is clear that she focused on her "Indianness" there. 

Talking about her Cannes appearances, Sara told PTI in an interview, “I think it's important to promote 'Indianness'. We are such a culturally rich country. We have so many languages, emotions and so much depth and I'm proud to be able to talk about it on a global platform.”

"I was invited by the Indian pavilion (at Cannes) and I was also invited by the Red Sea Film Festival people who invited me there to celebrate women both behind the camera and in front of the camera," she added. 

For her first red carpet appearance at Cannes, Sara Ali Khan dressed in a beige and white Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla lehenga with two dupattas. For her other Cannes appearances, she also wore a strapless black Moschino gown, a shimmery tassel Rachel Gilbert gown, and a white saree-like dress by the same design pair.

While talking to the paparazzi during her Cannes debut, Sara had said, "It's (outfit) a traditional and modern Indian handmade design by Abu and Sandeep (Khosla). I've always been proud of my Indianness. It embodies who I am, it's fresh, it's modern and also has traditional roots."

‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’ also features Vicky Kaushal, Rakesh Bedi, Anubha Fatehpuria, Neeraj Sood, Sharib Hashmi, and Inaamul Haq in lead roles. Directed by Laxman Utekar and produced by Dinesh Vijan's Maddock Studios, ‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’ will premiere on June 2, 2023.