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(AP)
Bollywood actress Vidya Balan, who is making her debut at the Cannes Film Festival, arrived at the French Riviera.
Dressed in a maroon Sabyasachi lehenga Vidya Balan, who is the jury member at the Cannes film festival, made her first official appearance at a cocktail party at the Martinez Hotel.
Indian actress and member of the Feature Film Jury Vidya Balan arrives on May 14, 2013 at the Martinez Hotel in Cannes to attend a photocall of the Jury on the eve of the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival. (AFP)
Actor-film-maker Nandita Das, who has earlier served on the jury in 2005, has again been invited to the film extravaganza - this time around, as a member of the Cine Foundation and short film jury.
There is a clamour these days within the Indian film fraternity to be among the crème de la crème of world cinema at the Cannes Film Festival .
(AFP)
The 2013 Cannes edition will see a host of Indian actors attending the 11-day cinema carnival as it celebrates '100 years of Indian Cinema'.
The big Bollywood attraction this year is Vidya Balan, who has been included in the nine-member jury headed by Steven Spielberg.
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Other Indian personalities who have been in the jury panel at Cannes:
Filmmaker Mira Nair: 1990
Author Arundhati Roy: 2000
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai : 2003
Activist and actress Nandita Das: 2005
Actress Sharmila Tagore 2009
Vidya Balan: 2013, Nandita Das (short films): 2013
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