Aisharya Rai

The still, from a Punjabi song in the movie, features the 42-year-old actress in a traditional red outfit. Aishwarya stars as Dalbir Kaur, who campaigned to have her brother Sarbjit Singh freed from the Pakistani jail where he was incarcerated on charges of spying

"Whereas a typical westernised women was considered a vamp a few decades ago, associated with vice and venom, today films show women in western designer clothes. This is part of India's globalisation," he said, delivering the inaugural address at the 20th Kolkata International Film Festival

The still, from a Punjabi song in the movie, features the 42-year-old actress in a traditional red outfit. Aishwarya stars as Dalbir Kaur, who campaigned to have her brother Sarbjit Singh freed from the Pakistani jail where he was incarcerated on charges of spying

"Whereas a typical westernised women was considered a vamp a few decades ago, associated with vice and venom, today films show women in western designer clothes. This is part of India's globalisation," he said, delivering the inaugural address at the 20th Kolkata International Film Festival