This weekend has been a busy one for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Just hours after partying with Mickey Contractor at Mumbai's Arth restaurant (the makeup pro completed 12 successful years with M.A.C cosmetics), the actor flew over to Delhi to receive a prestigious award.
Rai Bachchan was seen at the Rashtrapati Bhawan this weekend, receiving the First Ladies Award from the president of India, Ram Nath Kovind. The award, which aims to celebrate women who are the first to set a milestone in their field, was given to Rai Bachchan for becoming the first female Indian actor to be part of a jury at Cannes Film Festival. In total, the awards ceremony felicitated women from 112 different fields this year.
For her big moment, Rai Bachchan went the traditional route with an ivory and gold Sabyasachi sari, draped over a maroon blouse. To complete her look, the actor opted for shimmering peep toe heels and gold chandelier earrings. As for her beauty look for the evening, nothing would do but Rai Bachchan's now iconic combo: razor-sharp winged liner, traffic-stopping scarlet lips and sleek, straight locks. Joining Rai Bachchan at the celebration was environmentalist Maneka Gandhi.
Over the years, Rai Bachchan has walked the red carpet at Cannes close to 15 times. The ex-Miss World was made a Cannes jury member back in 2003, and even had one of her latest films, Jazbaa, premiere at the annual film festival in 2015. Some of her most memorable on-screen roles have included that of Nandini in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999), Paro in Devdas (2002), Sunehri in Dhoom 2 (2006) and Dalbir Kaur in Sarbjit (2016). In the near future, fans of the star may also get to see her play a surrogate mother in Jasmine: A Story of a Leased Womb, and a songstress obsessed with Lata Mangeshkar in Fanne Khan.
