While Kareena would be making her debut at the prestigious film festival, Ash is likely to return as the brand ambassador of the international cosmetics brand she has been representing at Cannes regularly for several years now.
The interesting bit about the two Bollywood stars participating at the fest is the connection they bear owing to Madhur Bhandarkar's upcoming film, Heroine.
Ash was initially cast as the protagonist in Madhur's film. In fact, the filmmaker and the actress launched Heroine amid much pomp with a photo shoot at Cannes last year. Ash even shot for a few days before it was announced she was pregnant. The actress had to let go of the project amid a lot of controversy and Kareena subsequently stepped in.
"It's an interesting coincidence that Madhur launched Heroine with Aishwarya last year at Cannes and he could be promoting the same film with Kareena at the same film festival this year," an insider in the film's unit said.
