Sonam, Freida Make India Proud at Cannes

Sonam Kapoor has a rep to protect and if she's going to wear a black ballgown, you can bet she'll do it in style. Sonam's first red carpet look at Cannes this year was a giant Elie Saab dress, black as night and so big that the Raanjhanaa star needed help climbing stairs. Sonam, in Cannes as a L'Oreal ambassador, was watching The Homesman

Sonam Kapoor has a rep to protect and if she's going to wear a black ballgown, you can bet she'll do it in style. Sonam's first red carpet look at Cannes this year was a giant Elie Saab dress, black as night and so big that the Raanjhanaa star needed help climbing stairs. Sonam, in Cannes as a L'Oreal ambassador, was watching The Homesman.

Freida Pinto, India's best known export to Hollywood, also made a return to colour - in shocking pink Oscar de la Renta - after her first appearance in understated but elegant champagne.
Meanwhile, Mallika Sherawat attended a Christian Dior dinner in a cocktail dress from the fashion house.

This picture was posted on Twitter by Mallika Sherawat
Actress Hilary Swank, the star of The Homesman, dazzled at the premiere of her movie in one-shouldered Atelier Versace in the palest of pinks.

Italian star Monica Bellucci, at almost 50, looked as fabulous as actresses half her age in black Dolce & Gabbana.
Model Suki Waterhouse, actor Bradley Cooper's rumoured girlfriend, was lovely in strapless blush silk.
Socialite Paris Hilton, one of the many presences we are puzzled by apart from actor Jackky Bhagnani and Kim Kardashian's little sister Kendall Jenner, wore sheer monochrome.

Actress Jessica Chastain looked pretty in a black frock and bright heels at a photo call for her film The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby.
Brazilian actress Alice Braga posed happily in a fuchsia pink dress with deep-neck during a photo call for her film El Ardor (The Ardor)