Unlike Aishwarya Rai [Images], who arrived at the opening night of the 59th Cannes [Images] Film Festival in black, Preity Zinta [Images] decided to add more colour on the red carpet.

This is Preity's debut at the Cannes fest, and she was escorted by Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele, the president of jewellery giant Chopard.

Preity -- looking very glamorous -- attended two premieres: The Wind That Shakes The Barley and Paris, Je T'aime.

Gurinder Chadha was one of the directors on the second film. It has 20 parts, each segment directed by a different director.

The film stars Elijah Wood, Emily Mortimer, Natalie Portman [Images], Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Elias McConnell, Juliette Binoche, Steve Buscemi and Miranda Richardson, among others.

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