Deepika to be part of Festival De Cannes jury along with Asghar Farhadi, Rebecca Hall

TIL Desk Bollywood/ Bollywood star Deepika Padukone will be a part of the eight-member jury for the 75th edition of Festival De Cannes. The festival announced on Wednesday that the Indian superstar will assess the international competition as a part of the jury, which will be presided by French actor Vincent Lindon.

Other names to join Deepika on the jury include Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, Swedish actress Noomi Rapace, actress screenwriter producer Rebecca Hall, Italian actress Jasmine Trinca, French director Ladj Ly, American director Jeff Nichols and director Joachim Trier from Norway.

In a statement to the press, Cannes described the actress, “Indian Actress, producer, philanthropist, and entrepreneur Deepika Padukone, is a huge star in her country. actor, producer, philanthropist, and entrepreneur from India. With over 30 feature films to her credit, she made her English language film debut as the female lead in ‘xXx: The Return of Xander Cage’, co-starring with Vin Diesel.”