Nandita Das has taken a veiled dig at Indian celebrities who walked the red carpet in colourful designer outfits at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, reminding them that “it is a festival of films and not of clothes”.

Sharing several throwback pictures from the festival on Sunday, the Zwigato director wrote, “Sadly missing Cannes this year. Sometimes people seem to forget that it is a festival of films and not of clothes!”

Nandita expressed her disdain at the sartorial choices of some of the Indian celebrities at the French film festival. "Considering I can’t show you the amazing films I watched or the conversations I have had or take you back in time when Manto premiered there. Here are a few images through the years in Cannes. And only the ones in Saris as there is a fair amount of chatter about the ‘celebrities who wore saris in Cannes’. Well it is surely my go-to garment. Simple, elegant and Indian. Least fussy - easy to get in and get out of it!” she also wrote in the caption.

“Each of the images have an interesting story behind it but too long to share. So feel free to make up your own story from the photos you see. And guess the year they are from - 2005, 20013, 2016-2018,” she concluded.

Several Indian celebrities walked the red carpet at the festival this year. The list included Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sara Ali Khan, Richa Chadha, Ali Fazal, Manushi Chhillar, Mrunal Thakur, Esha Gupta, Diana Penty, Urvashi Rautela, and Sapna Choudhary. Shark Tank India's Aman Gupta and Kumar Sanu's daughter Shannon were also spotted.