Freida Pinto does the Angelina Jolie

Actress Freida Pinto was the centre of attraction as she dazzled on the red carpet at the 65th Cannes International Film Festival on Wednesday night. The actor, who made her second appearance there, was the first Indian celebrity to walk the red carpet at the prestigious film festival this year. Freida looked stunning as she wore a gown designed by Michael Angel, with a strapless beaded bodice, a pale pink satin skirt with a peplum effect at filmmaker Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom premiere. Giving her company was Desperate Houswives star, Eva Longoria. They both were present at the opening ceremony to represent the cosmetic brand they endorse.

Her red carpet look this time was quite different from all her previous outings, as she seems to channel Hollywood actor, Angelina Jolie’s famous thigh-high slit, leg-out appearance at this year’s Oscars. Freida’s look evoked a good response from the swish set at Cannes — where she posed for the shutterbugs, flaunting her right leg in a thigh high slit a la Angie.

A source close to her reveals, “Freida was at the red carpet on the opening ceremony and most of the shutterbugs could recognise her. Slumdog Millionaire has made her the most recognisable Indian face across the globe, after Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan. She’s quite a regular at international film festival circuit.”

After her red carpet outing, Freida then changed into a black sequin Versace gown with a sheer neckline mesh and sequin embellished black floor length gown paired with black pumps, for the ‘Opening Night Dinner’ held at Palais des Festivals in France. Her second look for the dinner was more dramatic with kohl-rimmed, smokey eyes and shocking pink-fuchsia lip colour as compared to her soft nude lips for the day.