Aish to share the red carpet this time

Earlier it was mentioned that actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and sizzling diva Sonam Kapoor were to walk the Cannes red carpet together, but the two ladies had a fight between them, and had also patched up soon and will be seen on the French Riviera this year along with another Indian babe, Freida Pinto. Aishwarya Rai who will finish a decade of demonstrating cosmetics brand L’Oreal at the most esteemed film festival this year was happy enough to have such amazing company.

Various countries have always had more than one presenter at Cannes and the actress feels pleased that India is at last getting the same position. The actress is happy that with Sonam Kapoor and Freida Pinto, being invited to the festival. In 2009, just days after Sonam Kapoor declared that she will be walking the Cannes red carpet as a L’Oreal spokeswoman, the company had announced it later. It was revealed that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was the strength behind the verdict and the younger divas had reacted by calling Aishwarya an aunt in open. It was learnt that Abhishek Bachchan engineered a treaty between his wife and Sonam Kapoor during a shooting schedule in New Zealand. Sonam Kapoor though flatly refuses the rumours saying that Aishwarya has always been nice to her.

And that they both studied at the same school and Aishwarya too worked with filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam early in her career. And then there’s L’Oreal Paris, which was one of Bachchan bahu’s first endorsements too. She’s a sweet and personified human being and her hubby Abhishek Bachchan is an actor with whom Sonam have an quick action reaction. Sonam is still to pick out her dress for her maiden Cannes day out but assures to pull out all the ends to ensure a sizzling debut on the international red carpet. Sonam Kapoor has yet to get the journey so she has no idea what proceedings have been lined up for her in coming future. The actress stated that she’s never been to Cannes before so she is now looking forward to explore well.

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It is no ordinary competition. One is a one film wonder and other an iconic star actress. Other two films old. Slumdog-sweetheart Freida Pinto, Aishwarya Rai and Sonam Kapoor are inadvertently crossing paths.

Brand Endorsement is a big source of income for bollywood actors and they leave no stone unturned to bag more of them.

It is being said that a big brand that has Ash representing them overseas and Sonam in the Indian market, is also signing Freida Pinto as another of their international models. If this is true, then Freida will be walking the red carpet at all major international film festivals next year with Aishwarya.

Freida has also bagged films with Hollywood biggies Julian Schnabel and Woody Allen and is also expected to be on the jury of some of the biggest film festivals in 2010. Sonam on the other hand may be the face of yet another watch brand for the Indian market.