Alia Bhatt makes first appearance at Cannes 2026, check out her princess-inspired look

Actor Alia Bhatt makes her second appearance at the Cannes film festival, wearing a stunning ball gown.

Published on: May 12, 2026, 15:45:45 IST

By Rishabh Suri

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Alia Bhatt has reached the French Riviera for the Cannes film festival- and her first look is out now! Attending it as the global brand ambassador of a beauty brand, she was spotted wearing a structured corset ball gown, keeping the accessories minimal. Check it out here:

This is the actor's second time at the prestigious film festival. She made her Cannes debut in 2025, and is walking the red carpet this time too.

Apart from her presence, what has also been creating headlines, involving Alia Bhatt, is an Instagram video. Posted by the same beauty brand she represents, it showed posters of various other female actors, apart from Alia, being unveiled from atop the Martinez hotel. But Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who has been the face of the brand in India for years now, was nowhere to be seen on any poster. Fans, upset at this exclusion, took to the comments section of the video and called it out. The brand is yet to address the same.

On the professional front, Alia has two big films lined up- Alpha, which co stars Sharvari, and Love & War opposite her husband, actor Ranbir Kapoor and Vicky Kaushal.

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Rishabh Suri
Rishabh Suri is an Assistant Editor, film critic, and professional overthinker of plot points. He writes for HT City, keeping pace with an industry where news cycles expire long before the popcorn gets cold. He completed his graduation in English Honours from Kirori Mal College, followed by a Master’s degree in English Literature-effectively training his brain to over-analyse classic texts before applying those exact same skills to 3-hour Bollywood blockbusters. He got into the profession when he had barely graduated from college and has been at HT ever since. At HT, Rishabh reviews films with a simple rule: skip the dense academic jargon and get straight to the point. Beyond reviews, as Assistant Editor, he helps navigate the broader circus of showbiz, tracking everything from OTT shifts to sudden box office panics. In a beat driven by loud PR machinery and carefully scripted answers, Rishabh prefers cutting through the noise to focus on how stories get made and why trends shift. When he isn’t writing against a deadline, he is usually sitting in a dark theater, compulsively memorising dialogues. For Rishabh, analysing movies isn't just a day job- it’s a habit he couldn't turn off even if he tried.Read More

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