Bollywood appears quite the flavour of the month at the Cannes Film Festival 2005.

Aishwarya Rai, who has appeared on America's primetime television shows with the newest addition being an appearance at Oprah Winfrey Show, will be at Cannes to promote her beauty and hair care endorsements at the festival being held from May 13 to 23.

The talented Nandita Das will be on the Cannes jury this year, a feat accomplished by Aishwarya in 2003. And upcoming actress Mallika Sherawat's first overseas film with Jackie Chan "The Myth" will be premiered at the festival.

In the movie, Jackie plays a Qin dynasty general and an archaeologist. Mallika plays his love interest Princess Samantha. The two have a costumed song together.

The English version of Subhash Ghai's "Kisna" will be showcased in the Market section at the Cannes Film Festival on May 14 and 17. Produced under Mukta Arts Ltd., the Hindi version was released worldwide in January 2005.

Designed to suit international audiences, the length of the English version has been trimmed down to an hour and 35 minutes. Starring Vivek Oberoi and debutantes Isha Shravani and British actor Antonia Bernath, the film's music has been composed by A.R. Rahman and Ismail Darbar.

Interestingly, Ghai's "Taal" which starred Aishwarya Rai, Akshaye Khanna and Anil Kapoor was screened at the Chicago Film Festival in the Most Overlooked Films section.

Noted film critic Roger Ebert selects a total of 12 films that represent a cross-section of important cinematic works "overlooked" by audiences, critics and distributors. "Taal", one of 12 films screened this year, was shown on April 24 followed by an interactive session with the producer-director and Roger Ebert.