Janhvi Kapoor, KJo, Ishaan Khattar and Natasha Poonawala arrive at Cannes for Homebound

Check out Janhvi Kapoor’s look for her Cannes debut as she arrives for the Homebound screening to the picturesque French Riviera town.

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00:00Janhvi Kapoor made her Khan debut with the premiere of her film Homebound alongside co-actor

00:09Ishaan Khattar, Karan Johar and producer Adit Poonawala's wife Natasha. For Day One, Janhvi

00:15chose to pay tribute to her mom and legendary actress Sridevi in a custom Tarun Dehlyani

00:19outfit. Her second outfit was in a Namika Khanna mint green skirt styled by Rhea Kapoor. Sridevi

00:25was known for adding her own contemporary spins to classic Indian ensemble. Wearing a

00:29rose-coloured hand-crushed tissue skirt paired with a Banarsi corset, Kapoor finished the look

00:34with Titi's signature drape with some pearl jewellery. While one section of the internet

00:38said Janhvi was giving Sridevi, the other dug a little deeper and found similarities with

00:43Aishwarya Rai's iconic Puvukul look. Aishwarya played Egyptian royalty in the 1998 movie Jeans

00:48in a similar rose-tinted look with pearls. Director Neeraj Ghaiwan's Homebound was screened in the

00:53uncertain regards section of the Khan Film Festival on 20th May of 2025. Homebound tells

00:59the story of two friends from a village in North India who navigate life and friendship after

01:03finding jobs as police officers. Martin Scorsese came on board as executive producer of Homebound.

01:09Scorsese is known for many legendary films with Hollywood royalty Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert

01:14De Niro and is one of the most celebrated American filmmakers of all time. Do you think

01:18Janhvi's look was inspired by Aishwarya's 1998 avatar? Let us know in the comments below.