Alia Bhatt on Her Chaotic Cannes Film Festival Debut, Swathed in a Gucci Sari

Vogue

Director: Iban RaïsDirector Of Photography: Plume FabreEditor: Lika KumoiProducers: Amaury Delcambre, Rashida Josiah, Xavier LotéguyCreative Production Coordinator: Anisa KennarAudio: Hubert Rey GrangeProduction Assistant: Mélina Fructus Stylist: Rhea KapoorMakeup Artist: Puneet B SainiHairstylist: Amit ThakurProduction Coordinator: Tanía JonesProduction Manager: Kristen HelmickLine Producer: Natasha Soto-AlborsPost Production Coordinator: Holly FrewSupervising Editor: Kameron KeyPost Production Supervisor: Alexa DeutschGlobal Entertainment Director: Sergio KletnoyGlobal Associate Talent Video Director: Adèle LigerotExecutive Producer: Rahel GebreyesSenior Director, Digital Video: Romy van den BroekeSenior Director, Programming: Linda GittlesonVP, Video Programming: Thespena GuatieriFilmed on Location: Hôtel Martinez

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00:00Be very generous with your lip balm.

00:02So generous that if you have leftovers, you can put it on your elbow.

00:07And that's a tip. That's an elbow tip.

00:17Today is the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival 2025.

00:22And I am getting ready for the red carpet of the closing ceremony.

00:26This is my first time at the Cannes Film Festival.

00:30I am, of course, always excited, a bunch of nerves.

00:34I truly thrive in this sort of chaos.

00:37It's a bit strange. I don't know why.

00:38But like the chaos always tends to find us.

00:41A couple of minutes ago, we had no electricity for the last four hours.

00:47So, Amit over here was actually taking my hair extensions and he put it on a tong

00:52and he put it out in the sun so that it could heat up

00:55because we had no electricity.

00:57We figured it out as we're going.

00:58But now we're very grateful and thankful that the electricity is back.

01:04Do I feel like I blend into any of these big sort of international red carpet events?

01:10If you knew who I was, personally, I'm a combination of shy and outgoing.

01:14Like I have my days where I can be like totally working it.

01:17Literally within seconds, I'll be like, shut the door.

01:20Nobody look at me. I'm like hiding under the covers.

01:22So, I'm a true Piscean in that sense where no emotion is constant.

01:26Everything just keeps changing.

01:27I think I'm still like finding my calm on the red carpet.

01:31You know, there is a certain overwhelming energy,

01:34especially when there's like so many photographers like here,

01:36look here, look over the shoulder, this down, up, wave, you know, smile.

01:40Yesterday, somebody was saying, do something with your hands.

01:42And I was like, I'm not sure what I should do with my hands.

01:44So, what did you do?

01:45I did namaste.

01:48That just comes very naturally to me.

01:51My team, Puneet, who has been with me for 12, 11, 10 years now.

02:00Like too long.

02:01Amit, who I've also actually known since the beginning of my career.

02:06And who I've attacked and not let him leave for the last two, two and a half years.

02:12That's Rhea.

02:13Hi.

02:16Hello.

02:17So, Rhea is the one and only stylist who can make me do things that I will never do.

02:24Because she just has this like very persuasive, gentle, but very clear tone.

02:33So, it's like, if she's envisioning it, it's just got to happen.

02:37So, that's why everybody loves it when I work with Rhea.

02:40Because they're like, okay, at least you won't like boss us around

02:43and tell us exactly what to do, which is the same thing again and again.

02:46For me, the people that I surround myself with, it's really important, I think,

02:50for anybody to just be surrounded by the people that they feel very comfortable with

02:54and then they trust deeply, especially in a creative field like ours.

02:58We literally spend all our time together.

03:00So, it's very important that we like each other.

03:02Otherwise, things can get awkward.

03:09This is a custom beautiful outfit for Alia.

03:14It's actually the House of Gucci steak on a traditional Indian saree.

03:17It's got the signature Gucci Gigi monogram, which I mean, I think it looks so beautiful on a saree.

03:23They created this very sexy, very minimal silhouette and then added this really dramatic drape,

03:28which I thought was really smart, a really modern way to interpret it.

03:32I think it takes that like signature Italian glamour and mixes it with Indian exuberance

03:37and creates something really special.

03:40I'm done with quiet luxury. It's over for me. Bye.

03:42No, I'm just kidding.

03:43I just think that there are times where you whisper and there are times where you scream with joy.

03:49And I think this is one of those times.

03:51It's Alia's debut at Cannes.

03:53She's the first ever Indian Gucci brand ambassador.

03:56And I think to just celebrate those two worlds coming together,

03:59what could be a better moment than the closing ceremony at Cannes?

04:02This, it's a custom little mini Jackie.

04:04In India, usually when we wear a saree, we'd wear like a traditional bag like a portly,

04:08and it's usually really small.

04:10And I just feel so proud to be able to put like a piece of my culture into this huge moment.

04:18Okay, Vogue, so I'm about 90% ready.

04:21I'm going to go change and then we do final touches and then we're fully ready.

04:38Okay, thank you Vogue. That was us on last looks and now we're going to hit the red carpet.

04:55Our theme is part of the Caitlin on the corner of the world.

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