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"Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has made her first appearance on the red carpet at this year&amp;#039;s Cannes Film Festival in a stunning black Elie Saab gown. Rai Bachchan donned the embroidered black lace dress for the premiere of Inside Llewyn Davis on Sunday evening (May 19). She teamed her outfit with smoky eye make-up and wavy curls.  The former Miss World made headlines last year at the festival, after critics made controversial remarks about her post-pregnancy weight. Commentators branded Rai Bachchan&amp;#039;s weight gain &amp;quot;shocking&amp;quot;, and said that it was &amp;quot;her duty to look good and fit&amp;quot;.  Bollywood stars including Kajol and Lara Dutta in turn condemned the media for focusing on the actress&amp;#039;s weight, with Dutta appealing for the press to &amp;quot;please let her be&amp;quot;. Rai Bachchan changed into a black and gold embellished Sabyasachi Mukherjee saree later on in the day for the evening&amp;#039;s gala presentation of Bombay Talkies, which celebrates a hundred years of Indian cinema. She was the guest of honour at the screening. The 39-year-old joins her father-in-law and Great Gatsby actor Amitabh Bachchan for her 11th appearance at the Cannes Film Festival, and her second at the annual event after giving birth to daughter Aaradhya. Cannes Film Festival 2013 - photo gallery:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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