In a recent interview, Heeramandi’s Richa Chadha revealed her favorite looks from the prestigious Cannes Film Festival and further reflected on ‘classist’ fashion industry.
Richa Chadha is a widely acclaimed actress in Bollywood. The actress, who is basking in the success of her last release, Heeramandi, had made her debut appearance at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in 2012 for Gangs of Wasseypur. She graced the carpet again for Masaan and Sarbjit. Interestingly, this year Richa and her husband Ali Fazal’s maiden production film, Girls Will Be Girls, will also premiere at the gala event.
Despite being a film festival, the event turns heads for being a melting pot of fashion. The Cannes Film Festival 2024 has the names of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Aditi Rao Hydari, and Sobhita Dhulipala gracing the event. Meanwhile, in a recent interview, Richa Chadha shared two looks from the past that she admired the most at Cannes.
Richa Chadha reveals her favorite looks from the Cannes Film Festival
In a recent interview with News 18 Showsha, Richa Chadha hailed Nandita Das and Mallika Sherawat’s looks from the prestigious film festival. The actress gushed over the Zwigato director’s simplicity in a saree, while she lauded Mallika for making great use of ‘her full body and fitness’.
She said, “I think Nandita Das, who got invited to be on the jury for Cannes several years ago, held her own in a simple saree,” further adding, “There was a lot of critique and ridicule for Mallika Sherawat at that time but if you look back those pictures from 15 years ago, she looked great! She knew what she was projecting. She knew how to make use of her full body and fitness. She created her own persona.”
Richa Chadha reflects on the ‘classist’ nature of the fashion industry
Additionally, Richa remarks that the fashion industry is ‘very, very classist’ and can label one as an ‘independent actress’. The actress remains unbothered by people judging her just because she is not in vogue with them.
Recounting her own experience, the Heeramandi actress highlighted the ‘classist’ nature of the film industry. She recalled how top designers didn’t give her their creations initially till Masaan promotions that she finally had a stylist.