Rajasthani singer Mame Khan becomes first folk artist to open Cannes Red Carpet for India

Cannes, May 18: Led by Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur as part of the official Indian delegation, Rajasthani singer Mame Khan on Tuesday made history by becoming the first folk artist to open red carpet for India at the Cannes Film Festival.

Mame Khan, who has been a playback singer for several Bollywood films such as 'Luck By Chance', 'No One Killed Jessica', and 'Sonchiriya' among others and has also been featured on Coke Studio along with Amit Trivedi, at the red carpet could be seen dressed in a traditional Rajasthani ensemble that included a vibrant pink Kurta underneath an ethnic embroidered coat. The glamorous red carpet contingent which comprised of Indian film celebrities had put the diversity and uniqueness of Indian cinema on display. Ambassadors from different regional cinemas were part of the delegation which along with Khan and Thakur included Shekhar Kapur, Pooja Hegde, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tamannah Bhatia, R Madhavan, AR Rahman, Prasoon Joshi, Vani Tripathi, Ricky Kej. Also Read | India logs 1,829 new Covid cases, 33 deaths Information & Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur also walked the red carpet at 75th Cannes Film Festival with Indian delegation on Tuesday. Anurag shared pictures on Twitter. He wrote: “A historic moment as India. the 1st ‘Country of Honour’ at Marche Du Films @Festival_Cannes gets set to manifest into the ‘content hub of the world and the preferred ‘post production hub’ for global film makers.” Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, R Madhavan and others can also be seen in the picture. Those from India who have been a part of Cannes jury include the late Mrinal Sen (1982), director Mira Nair (1990), author Arundhati Roy (2000), Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (2003), Nandita Das (2005), Sharmila Tagore (2009), Shekhar Kapur (2010) and Vidya Balan (2013). Also Read | Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: SC releases convict AG Perarivalan after 31 years in jail -PTC News