The 75th annual Cannes Film Festival began on May 17. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Deepika Padukone walked the red carpet on Day 3 of the 10-day film festival.

On the second day, May 18, Union Minister for I B, Youth Affairs Sports, Anurag Thakur, inaugurated the India Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival. The special event was also attended by several Indian celebrities, including Deepika Padukone, R. Madhavan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tamannaah Bhatia and others.