Cannes 2025: 'All We Imagine As Light' actress Chhaya Kadam returns to the festival, says 'Can never forget the day when...'

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18-05-2025

She added, 'Every time I see that photo, I feel I fuelled the courage of a lot of women in the country, especially who want to become actors.' read more
'All We Imagine As Light' actress Chhaya Kadam has come back to the Cannes Film Festival for the second time. She made a lot of headlines and heads turn last year with her appearance. She spoke about her second appearance which happens to be for a yet-to-release Marathi film.
Talking about her most memorable moment at the festival in an interaction with Sucharita Tyagi, Kadam said, 'Jab us din best film announcement hui, to mujhe laga ki Payal uthke akeli jaayegi. Yaani aisa hota hai na? But wo uthi and hum teeno ko saath mein leke gayi."
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She added, 'Every time I see that photo, I feel I fuelled the courage of a lot of women in the country, especially who want to become actors.'
Also, in an exclusive interview with Firstpost, said Chhaya , 'It didn't matter whether they knew how to act or not. Just their screen presence was important. Then those films needed a villain too and all movies then needed some fighting. Then the hero will give one fight and all villains will fall here and there. But now we should understand that audiences have changed. They have way more exposure than the audiences of yester-years. They want to see themselves in the characters that are shown on screen.'
Chhaya believes that it's a great time for the craftsmen of today. Because once the scene was such that to be in the film industry you had to be beautiful, that was in fact the first requirement. And most importantly, an actress had to be fair. 'Now the first requirement is talent. And I would say OTT had a huge role to play in this change. The audiences understand the differences between fake and real.'