Sharmila Tagore joins Cannes Film Festival jury

MUMBAI: Yesteryear actress Sharmila Tagore will be one of the members of the international jury for this year‘s Cannes Film Festival. The festival will kick start on 13 May and will continue till 24 May.

The competition segment jury is headed by French actress Isabelle Huppert and will include Robin Wright Penn (US), Hanif Kureishi (UK), Shu Qi (Taiwan), Asia Argento (Italy) among others.

In recent years, Arundhati Roy, Aishwarya Rai and Nandita Das were a part of the Cannes jury.

Tagore is currently the chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) in India.