Deepika Padukone to not be a part of Cannes Film Festival this year

It was reported that Deepika Padukone will be walking the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival this year, but the actress recently rubbished the rumours and clarified that she won’t be attending the Festival, as she is busy with the preparations of her upcoming movie ‘Padmavati’.

The actress, who recently attended the HT Most Stylish Awards 2017 yesterday, was asked if she is attending the festival, to which she said, “No. Right now all my energies are focused on ‘Padmavati’.” Deepika was named the Indian face of a beauty and skin care product of an International brand, which Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor were associated with. Just like Aish and Sonam did in the past, Deepika too was expected to walk the red carpet at the International Film Festival, but the actress clearly wants to concentrate on work right now. (Also Read: What’s Cooking? Deepika Padukone and Neetu Kapoor bond big time at an award function)

Deepika will be seen playing Rani Padmavati in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Padmavati’, which also features Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor in the lead roles.

Apart from ‘Padmavati’, Deepika’s name is being associated with a lot of other ventures, including Aanand L Rai’s next in which Shah Rukh Khan plays a dwarf. The movie is said to see Deepika sharing screen space with Katrina Kaif. However, there has been no official confirmation on the same yet.