Bollywood star Deepika Padukone has donned her final look at the Cannes Film Festival 2022.
The 83 actress, who was a jury member at the film festival for the first time this year, showed up to the closing ceremony in a ruffled white sari by Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla, with a pearl necklace and striking kohl-rimmed eyes.
It wasn't the first time she wore a sari in the French resort town, where the festival began on May 17. For the opening ceremony, Padukone wore a gold and black sari with sequinned stripes by celebrity-favourite label Sabyasachi, part of the designer's Aakash-tara collection.
Padukone arrived in Cannes on May 16, after an 11-hour flight from Los Angeles. She shared a video of her arrival on social media.
“I'm confused about eating and sleeping. I don't know whether I want to eat or sleep. But I think eating is always a good plan,” she said in the video.
Before her arrival, Padukone was in San Diego to attend the Louis Vuitton cruise show on May 11. She's the first Indian to be named an ambassador by the French fashion house, and joined other ambassadors including Gemma Chan and Lea Seydoux.
The star-studded show was also attended by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour; Bridgerton star Phoebe Dynevor, filmmaker Ava DuVernay, model Miranda Kerr, and actors Emma Roberts and Chloe Grace Moretz.
On the evening of May 16, Padukone joined the rest of the Cannes jury to pick winners from the 21 films in contention this year, including one for the coveted Palme d'Or, which went to Triangle of Sadness.
Besides Padukone, the jury, led by veteran French actor Vincent Lindon, included British actress and director Rebecca Hall; Swedish actress Noomi Rapace; Italian actress and director Jasmine Trinca; Iranian director Asghar Farhadi; French director Ladj Ly; American director Jeff Nichols; and Norwegian director Joachim Trier.
Padukone, dressed in a multicoloured and sequinned Louis Vuitton dress paired with thigh-high boots, waved to photographers from the balcony of the Hotel Martinez and posed for pictures with other jury members. Rapace did not attend the dinner.
While this was her first time as jury member, Padukone has been attending the Cannes Film Festival for more than 10 years as a L'Oreal ambassador, and has grabbed headlines for her eye-catching looks on the red carpet over the years.
The 75th Cannes Film Festival began with Oscar winner Forest Whitaker as the first guest of honour and Final Cut, a French zombie comedy, on May 17. Seven films from the Mena region were also screened at the festival.
The opening film, Final Cut, is a comedy love letter to filmmaking and Z-list zombie movies from the team behind the award-winning The Artist.
At a photocall for jury members on May 17, Padukone paid tribute to her Indian heritage with another ensemble by Sabyasachi, who recently worked on Natasha Poonawalla's headline-grabbing dress at the Met Gala.
Wearing a printed silk shirt and pleated wool trousers from the designer's Tropic of Calcutta collection, Padukone finished her look with a statement necklace made up of multicoloured gemstones and uncut diamonds.
“I love that moment of storytelling where looking back at the past reveals the future. For me, the best stories of India are always told in these moments,” the designer wrote on Instagram.
On Instagram, the designer said the piece at the opening ceremony “celebrates heritage Indian crafts and techniques through a modern lens”.
“The stripes have been block printed and hand embroidered by some of India’s finest craftspeople at the Sabyasachi atelier. The look is paired with statement pieces from Sabyasachi Jewellery’s Bengal Royale Collection. The headband pays homage to the traditional Indian matha patti headpiece with Art Nouveau detailing, while the chandelier earrings updates a classic with an Art Deco gaze.”
Scroll through the gallery below for saris on the Cannes red carpet over the years:
On May 18, Padukone attended the opening ceremony of the Indian pavilion at Marche du Film, the Cannes film market where India was named Country of Honour.
Dressed in a black suit featuring an asymmetric fitted jacket with open pleats by Swedish label Ardazaei, she finished the look with a neckpiece by Cartier. The necklace, from the jeweller's Panthere de Cartier collection, is made of 18-carat white gold, emerald and brilliant-cut diamonds totalling 19.05 carats.
Stylist Shaleena Nathani shared details of Padukone's look on Instagram.
At the Indian pavilion, Padukone joined actresses Tamannaah Bhatia, Pooja Hegde and Urvashi Rautela on stage and danced briefly with them.
“I feel we have a long way to go as a country, I feel really proud to be here as an Indian and to be representing the country. But when we look back at 75 years of Cannes, I have said earlier also that there have been only a handful of Indian films, and Indian talent that have been able to make it and I feel like collectively as a nation today we have it,” Padukone said.
On May 19, the third night of the festival, Padukone attended the premiere of the period drama Armageddon Time dressed in a red custom Louis Vuitton gown. She paired the peplum-syle dress that had a plunging neckline with a statement Cartier necklace.
“What dreams are made of,” her stylist Nathani wrote, along with pictures of the jury member.
Directed by James Gray, known for films such as The Lost City of Z and Ad Astra, Armageddon Time stars Anne Hathaway, Anthony Hopkins and Jeremy Strong, and is set in 1980s New York, inspired by Gray's childhood. The film was one of 21 titles in contention for the Palme d'Or.
Padukone skipped red carpet duties on May 20, instead making an appearance at a dinner hosted by Louis Vuitton and Vanity Fair magazine. Dressed in a beige jacket dress paired with knee-high boots, she was seen alongside a number of Hollywood stars including Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander as well as Chinese Olympian Eileen Gu.
In one video she shared on Instagram, someone asks Padukone if she was tired.
“It's a different kind of tired,” she said with a smile. “It's that kind of tired, but with joy. When you go to sleep, you go to sleep with a smile on your face.”
Of her experience at the film festival as jury member, she told Variety she was having the time of her life.
“It gives me goosebumps every single time I walk into the Palais and we leave — it gives me goosebumps because every single person on that seat is there to celebrate cinema,” she said.
“You might love it, you might hate it, but everyone’s there just rooting for film, rooting for that experience. Everybody’s so disciplined, everyone is seated on time, everyone’s phones are switched off. Everyone waits for the end credits to happen. And everyone’s like clapping to the end. And everybody stands up.”
The actress also took time off to check out the sights in Cannes. Sharing videos from what looks like a photo shoot for Louis Vuitton, she can be seen walking in the street dressed in a black turtle neck top with checked shorts. In another video, she wears a white printed shirt paired with a bright pink skirt.
Padukone's jury service will now give her access to the jury box at every festival, and she told Variety she and her husband, Bollywood star Ranveer Singh, plan to take full advantage of it.
“We just come here for two weeks, nobody needs to know. Watch movies, sneak in, sneak out. We’ll be like kids in a candy store,” she said.
Padukone returned to the Cannes red carpet on Monday, the seventh day of the festival, in a black custom Louis Vuitton dress adorned with shimmering tassels and featuring a floor-sweeping train. Attending the premiere of South Korean romantic thriller Decision to Leave, which is competing for the Palme d'Or, jury member Padukone paired her dress with minimalist accessories, wearing a pair of earrings by Cartier, finishing off the look with black strappy stilettos.
Then on Tuesday, the star collaborated again with Saudi designer Mohammed Ashi's label Ashi Studio, arriving for the premiere of The Innocent in a striking orange strapless taffeta gown. The custom dress with drape details around the shoulder fit the star "like a glove", the label posted.
The look on Tuesday even caught the attention of Padukone's husband, Singh, who has not been shy about sharing his love and support for his wife.
Reacting to Padukone's post on Instagram, Singh commented on Tuesday: "This is everything."
Padukone has worn Ashi Studio at the Cannes Film Festival before, in 2018, when she walked in a pink origami gown by the label — a dress that made such an impact that the designer recreated a version for Beyonce for her performance at the Global Citizen Festival in South Africa that same year.
Following the screening on Tuesday, Padukone changed into another Ashi Studio creation, as she attended a dinner to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival.
The white suit, with dramatic balloon sleeves, was signature Ashi Studio, the Beirut label known for its architectural designs.
Clearly impressed by the dresses, a gracious Padukone even took the time off to thank Ashi for his creation. In a message shared by the designer, Padukone thanked him for "making me feel my most beautiful and most confident".
"I merely wear your creations. The emotion you see comes for you, and all I do is carry that emotion forward," she says.
For the star-studded premiere of Elvis on Wednesday, Padukone dialled up the drama with another look from Louis Vuitton, this time straight from the catwalk of the label's cruise 2023 collection, a show that the star attended this month.
Over a fitted black and gold gown, Padukone wore a giant bolero that took on the form of kite-like wings, almost like a piece of armour. Tinsel under the "wings" added to the striking look, fitting for a night that featured stars such as Tom Hanks and Austin Butler, who play Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley respectively, walking the red carpet.
The dramatic look was a far cry from the Richard Quinn dress Padukone wore, in pictures she shared earlier that day.
Shot on the street, the actress can be seen smiling in a strapless dress with matching stockings and shoes by the London designer, known for his wild flowery prints.
Scroll through the gallery below for Deepika Padukone's Cannes red carpet looks over the years:
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SUNDERLAND 2002-03
No one has ended a Premier League season quite like Sunderland. They lost each of their final 15 games, taking no points after January. They ended up with 19 in total, sacking managers Peter Reid and Howard Wilkinson and losing 3-1 to Charlton when they scored three own goals in eight minutes.
SUNDERLAND 2005-06
Until Derby came along, Sunderland’s total of 15 points was the Premier League’s record low. They made it until May and their final home game before winning at the Stadium of Light while they lost a joint record 29 of their 38 league games.
HUDDERSFIELD 2018-19
Joined Derby as the only team to be relegated in March. No striker scored until January, while only two players got more assists than goalkeeper Jonas Lossl. The mid-season appointment Jan Siewert was to end his time as Huddersfield manager with a 5.3 per cent win rate.
ASTON VILLA 2015-16
Perhaps the most inexplicably bad season, considering they signed Idrissa Gueye and Adama Traore and still only got 17 points. Villa won their first league game, but none of the next 19. They ended an abominable campaign by taking one point from the last 39 available.
FULHAM 2018-19
Terrible in different ways. Fulham’s total of 26 points is not among the lowest ever but they contrived to get relegated after spending over £100 million (Dh457m) in the transfer market. Much of it went on defenders but they only kept two clean sheets in their first 33 games.
LA LIGA: Sporting Gijon, 13 points in 1997-98.
BUNDESLIGA: Tasmania Berlin, 10 points in 1965-66
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha
Starring: Ajay Devgn, Tabu, Shantanu Maheshwari, Jimmy Shergill, Saiee Manjrekar
Director: Neeraj Pandey
Rating: 2.5/5
UPI facts
More than 2.2 million Indian tourists arrived in UAE in 2023
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The biog
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- Disruption Lab and Research Centre for developing entrepreneurial skills
Dr Amal Khalid Alias revealed a recent case of a woman with daughters, who specifically wanted a boy.
A semen analysis of the father showed abnormal sperm so the couple required IVF.
Out of 21 eggs collected, six were unused leaving 15 suitable for IVF.
A specific procedure was used, called intracytoplasmic sperm injection where a single sperm cell is inserted into the egg.
On day three of the process, 14 embryos were biopsied for gender selection.
The next day, a pre-implantation genetic report revealed four normal male embryos, three female and seven abnormal samples.
Day five of the treatment saw two male embryos transferred to the patient.
The woman recorded a positive pregnancy test two weeks later.
The White Lotus: Season three
Creator: Mike White
Starring: Walton Goggins, Jason Isaacs, Natasha Rothwell
Rating: 4.5/5
KILLING OF QASSEM SULEIMANI
Global Fungi Facts
• Scientists estimate there could be as many as 3 million fungal species globally
• Only about 160,000 have been officially described leaving around 90% undiscovered
• Fungi account for roughly 90% of Earth's unknown biodiversity
• Forest fungi help tackle climate change, absorbing up to 36% of global fossil fuel emissions annually and storing around 5 billion tonnes of carbon in the planet's topsoil
Zayed Sustainability Prize
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UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
The specs
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- Power: 640hp
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Tree of Hell
Starring: Raed Zeno, Hadi Awada, Dr Mohammad Abdalla
Director: Raed Zeno
Rating: 4/5
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UFC Fight Night 2
1am – Early prelims
2am – Prelims
4am-7am – Main card
7:30am-9am – press cons
Fund-raising tips for start-ups
Develop an innovative business concept
Have the ability to differentiate yourself from competitors
Put in place a business continuity plan after Covid-19
Prepare for the worst-case scenario (further lockdowns, long wait for a vaccine, etc.)
Have enough cash to stay afloat for the next 12 to 18 months
Be creative and innovative to reduce expenses
Be prepared to use Covid-19 as an opportunity for your business
* Tips from Jassim Al Marzooqi and Walid Hanna
What are the GCSE grade equivalents?
- Grade 9 = above an A*
- Grade 8 = between grades A* and A
- Grade 7 = grade A
- Grade 6 = just above a grade B
- Grade 5 = between grades B and C
- Grade 4 = grade C
- Grade 3 = between grades D and E
- Grade 2 = between grades E and F
- Grade 1 = between grades F and G
NBA FINALS SO FAR
(Toronto lead 3-2 in best-of-seven series)
Game 1 Raptors 118 Warriors 109
Game 2 Raptors 104 Warriors 109
Game 3 Warriors 109 Raptors 123
Game 4 Warriors 92 Raptors 105
Game 5 Raptors 105 Warriors 106
Game 6 Thursday, at Oakland
Game 7 Sunday, at Toronto (if needed)
Company profile
Company name: Suraasa
Started: 2018
Founders: Rishabh Khanna, Ankit Khanna and Sahil Makker
Based: India, UAE and the UK
Industry: EdTech
Initial investment: More than $200,000 in seed funding
Another way to earn air miles
In addition to the Emirates and Etihad programmes, there is the Air Miles Middle East card, which offers members the ability to choose any airline, has no black-out dates and no restrictions on seat availability. Air Miles is linked up to HSBC credit cards and can also be earned through retail partners such as Spinneys, Sharaf DG and The Toy Store.
An Emirates Dubai-London round-trip ticket costs 180,000 miles on the Air Miles website. But customers earn these ‘miles’ at a much faster rate than airline miles. Adidas offers two air miles per Dh1 spent. Air Miles has partnerships with websites as well, so booking.com and agoda.com offer three miles per Dh1 spent.
“If you use your HSBC credit card when shopping at our partners, you are able to earn Air Miles twice which will mean you can get that flight reward faster and for less spend,” says Paul Lacey, the managing director for Europe, Middle East and India for Aimia, which owns and operates Air Miles Middle East.
ELIO
Starring: Yonas Kibreab, Zoe Saldana, Brad Garrett
Directors: Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina
Rating: 4/5
Dust and sand storms compared
Sand storm
- Particle size: Larger, heavier sand grains
- Visibility: Often dramatic with thick "walls" of sand
- Duration: Short-lived, typically localised
- Travel distance: Limited
- Source: Open desert areas with strong winds
Dust storm
- Particle size: Much finer, lightweight particles
- Visibility: Hazy skies but less intense
- Duration: Can linger for days
- Travel distance: Long-range, up to thousands of kilometres
- Source: Can be carried from distant regions
The specs
Engine: 4.0-litre flat-six
Torque: 450Nm at 6,100rpm
Transmission: 7-speed PDK auto or 6-speed manual
Fuel economy, combined: 13.8L/100km
On sale: Available to order now
David Haye record
Total fights: 32
Wins: 28
Wins by KO: 26
Losses: 4
Ferrari 12Cilindri specs
Engine: naturally aspirated 6.5-liter V12
Power: 819hp
Torque: 678Nm at 7,250rpm
Price: From Dh1,700,000
Available: Now
THE BIO
Age: 30
Favourite book: The Power of Habit
Favourite quote: "The world is full of good people, if you cannot find one, be one"
Favourite exercise: The snatch
Favourite colour: Blue
A timeline of the Historical Dictionary of the Arabic Language
- 2018: Formal work begins
- November 2021: First 17 volumes launched
- November 2022: Additional 19 volumes released
- October 2023: Another 31 volumes released
- November 2024: All 127 volumes completed
Killing of Qassem Suleimani
PROVISIONAL FIXTURE LIST
Premier League
Wednesday, June 17 (Kick-offs uae times) Aston Villa v Sheffield United 9pm; Manchester City v Arsenal 11pm
Friday, June 19 Norwich v Southampton 9pm; Tottenham v Manchester United 11pm
Saturday, June 20 Watford v Leicester 3.30pm; Brighton v Arsenal 6pm; West Ham v Wolves 8.30pm; Bournemouth v Crystal Palace 10.45pm
Sunday, June 21 Newcastle v Sheffield United 2pm; Aston Villa v Chelsea 7.30pm; Everton v Liverpool 10pm
Monday, June 22 Manchester City v Burnley 11pm (Sky)
Tuesday, June 23 Southampton v Arsenal 9pm; Tottenham v West Ham 11.15pm
Wednesday, June 24 Manchester United v Sheffield United 9pm; Newcastle v Aston Villa 9pm; Norwich v Everton 9pm; Liverpool v Crystal Palace 11.15pm
Thursday, June 25 Burnley v Watford 9pm; Leicester v Brighton 9pm; Chelsea v Manchester City 11.15pm; Wolves v Bournemouth 11.15pm
Sunday June 28 Aston Villa vs Wolves 3pm; Watford vs Southampton 7.30pm
Monday June 29 Crystal Palace vs Burnley 11pm
Tuesday June 30 Brighton vs Manchester United 9pm; Sheffield United vs Tottenham 11.15pm
Wednesday July 1 Bournemouth vs Newcastle 9pm; Everton vs Leicester 9pm; West Ham vs Chelsea 11.15pm
Thursday July 2 Arsenal vs Norwich 9pm; Manchester City vs Liverpool 11.15pm
The specs
Engine: 1.6-litre 4-cyl turbo
Power: 217hp at 5,750rpm
Torque: 300Nm at 1,900rpm
Transmission: eight-speed auto
Price: from Dh130,000
On sale: now
Benefits of first-time home buyers' scheme
- Priority access to new homes from participating developers
- Discounts on sales price of off-plan units
- Flexible payment plans from developers
- Mortgages with better interest rates, faster approval times and reduced fees
- DLD registration fee can be paid through banks or credit cards at zero interest rates
The permutations for UAE going to the 2018 World Cup finals
To qualify automatically
UAE must beat Iraq.
Australia must lose in Japan and at home to Thailand, with their losing margins and the UAE's winning margin over Iraq being enough to overturn a goal difference gap of eight.
Saudi Arabia must lose to Japan, with their losing margin and the UAE's winning margin over Iraq being enough to overturn a goal difference gap of eight.
To finish third and go into a play-off with the other third-placed AFC side for a chance to reach the inter-confederation play-off match
UAE must beat Iraq.
Saudi Arabia must lose to Japan, with their losing margin and the UAE's winning margin over Iraq being enough to overturn a goal difference gap of eight.
Fitness problems in men's tennis
Andy Murray - hip
Novak Djokovic - elbow
Roger Federer - back
Stan Wawrinka - knee
Kei Nishikori - wrist
Marin Cilic - adductor
