Hrithik Roshan and Barbara Mori shashayed down the red carpet for their flick Kites, but the other actress from the movie Kangana Ranaut was missing from the show. A source says, “Kangna was not told to accompany Rakesh Roshan, Hrithik and Anurag Basu although the director Anurag is very close to her and in fact was instrumental in recommending her for the role in Kites. We believe the team wanted to focus on the Hrithik-Barbara pair to give Kites a more international crossover appeal at Cannes.” When director Rakesh Roshan was quizzed about the same he said, “We ourselves were not sure till the last minute of what has happening, and who was going or not. Even my brother Rajesh Roshan who has done the Kites music was left out because of the last-minute flurry. I think our co-producers Big Pictures would be the best people to comment on why Kangna couldn’t go.” However Big Pictures in turn said, “We think Mr Rakesh Roshan would be able to comment on why Kangna wasn’t at Cannes.” The idea is clear, Papa Roshan was just interested in highlighting the international face of her movie at the international film festival and that’s the reason Kangana was left out. Too bad.

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