Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai recently turned heads with her appearance at the Red Sea Film Festival 2025 in Saudi Arabia. Several videos and photos of the actor are now doing the rounds on the internet. At the festival, the actress opened up about Aaradhya Bachchan’s Cannes moment and admired the inherent strength of women. Apart from this, the actress grabbed eyeballs for her interaction with Materialists actress Dakota Johnson.
Aishwarya Rai poses with Dakota Johnson
On December 4, a video of Dakota and Aishwarya interacting at the Red Sea Film Festival 2025 surfaced online. The two were seen holding hands and engaging in a sweet conversation on the red carpet. Dakota was heard talking about her India visit in January this year. She told Aishwarya, “We went to Maha Kumbh,” and Aishwarya expressed her joy over her visit. In another picture from the event, Aishwarya was seen posing with Dakota, Jessica Alba, and Jomana R. Alrashid.
Unexpected Collab
Aishwarya Rai X Dakota Johnson #AishwaryaRaiBachchan #DakotaJohnson #RedSeaIFF25 pic.twitter.com/UZyzSTxjv8— Aishwarya Rai Fan ❤ (@in_aishwarya) December 4, 2025
As soon as the glimpse went viral, fans got ecstatic, calling it an unexpected collab. One comment read, “Unexpected collab.” Another wrote, “Two divas in one frame.” Another commented, “Both are so beautiful.” One more read, “My queens.”
Aishwarya Rai on Aaradhya Bachchan’s Cannes moment
During one of the interactions, the actress recalled how her daughter Aaradhya has been familiar with the environment of Cannes and enjoys it. Recalling a viral moment, she shared, “It was just one of those incidental days that she walked out with me because she was still holding my hand, and I wouldn`t let go, obviously, because she was enjoying it. You keep it real. We continued coming down, and then I was like, uh-oh, now we`re already out here, and there she is, and she`s like, `Mama,` and she`s twirling. I`m like, okay, and then all these moments go viral, whereas actually it was just mama and daughter having their real moment.”
She added, “Women by birth are strong. All women are immensely strong. You are shakti, devi; you are the embodiment of strength, beauty, and femininity. Enjoy every aspect of being who you are, and we need to be celebrated every second of our existence. Inherently, women are strong, and they are always striving, figuring out how to tie all that life throws at you—how to embrace it and deal with things. That`s who we are in every role of life: as daughters, sisters, mothers, wives.”
Workwise, the actress last collaborated with Mani Ratnam for Ponniyin Selvan 2.