Sonam and Freida to join Aishwarya Rai at Cannes film festival

Three Indian beauties Aishwarya Rai, Sonam Kapoor and Freida Pinto will be representing India for cosmetic brand L'Oreal Paris at the Cannes film festival this year.

The three beauties however will not be seen walking the red carpet together. Aishwarya, is scheduled to walk the red carpet at the opening ceremony of the 64th Cannes International Film Festival on May 11. Sonam, will walk the red carpet on May 15, and Freida will represent L'Oreal at the amfAR (The American Foundation for AIDS Research) dinner and after-party on May 19.

For Aishwarya Rai, this year will mark her 10th consecutive appearance at Cannes, while it will mark the first for Sonam Kapoor. Besides these three beauties, Mallika Sherawat has been a regular at Cannes and last year it was Deepika Padukone, who like a true Indian diva, dazzled on the red carpet at Cannes.

Aishwarya will also attend the opening gala cocktail and dinner, and various events on the second day of the festival. "Being at Cannes for L'Oreal Paris has been an absolute pleasure and to experience this for the 10th consecutive year has been quite overwhelming," she said.

Aishwarya for her part is glad that India is finally getting the recognition and has more than one L'Oreal Paris spokeswoman at Cannes. "Several countries have always had more than one L'Oreal Paris spokeswoman at Cannes and I'm glad India is finally getting the same recognition. I am happy that with Sonam and Freida, both beautiful women, being invited to the festival this year, India will have a stronger presence, which is a clear sign of the growing importance of the country," Ash said in a statement.

L'Oreal Paris has been the official make-up artist of the festival for 14 years, and while Ash has been a regular, this is the first year Freida and Sonam will represent it at Cannes.

Sonam Kapoor is very excited about the upcoming trip to Cannes, admitting that, “It has always been my dream to walk the red carpet at Cannes and it is soon going to be a reality,” adding that “she is looking forward to meeting actors and filmmakers from the world over and attending screenings of some interesting films.” Sonam is most excited about seeing how the L'Oreal Paris international dream team of make-up artistes is going to transform her for the event.

Freida Pinto for her part is most excited because she is also getting an opportunity to lend her support to an important women’s related cause, as she will be representing L'Oreal at the amfAR (The American Foundation for AIDS Research) dinner and after-party.