India, May 3 -- Actor Alia Bhatt will make her red carpet debut this year at the Cannes Film Festival as the global ambassador for beauty brand L'Oreal Paris. Alia will join Aishwarya Rai at the festival, which will take place from May 13 to 24 May. L'Oreal Paris is celebrating its 28th anniversary at the movie gala. (Also Read | Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Alia Bhatt or Kareena Kapoor: Here's who charges the highest fee for live shows)

Announcing the news, Alia talked about being part of the event for the first time. She said in a statement, as reported by news agency ANI, "There's something absolutely special about firsts - and I'm so excited to make my Festival de Cannes debut this year, an iconic celebration of cinema and self-expre...