Deepika Padukone will be a part of the main jury at the Cannes Film Festival. She hit the limelight with the Shah Rukh Khan starrer, Om Shanti Om in 2007. Bajirao Mastani, Padmaavat and Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela among her earlier roles.
Among them is Vincent Lindon, who scooped the Best Actor Award for The Measure of a Man at Cannes 2015. As a laid-off factory hand pushed into serving as a security guard, Lindon won international fame.
British writer, director and actor Rebecca Hall would also be on the jury. Yves Montand has held this role in 1987 for the 40th Festival, and Isabelle Adjani in 1997 for the 50th.
The festival is to be held in Cannes, France, from May 17 to 26.
