Rajasthani folk singer Mame Khan who is known for his Unique and Raw voice scripted history as he walked at The Cannes red carpet earlier this year, becoming the first folk artist from India to do so.
From Kamal Haasan to R Madhavan the presence of Indian artists at the prestigious film festival was big. While everyone wore Suits and formal outfits, the folk artists went out of the box and wore a traditional Rajasthani attire.
Mame Khan received a lot of praise for his look at the red carpet as his pictures became immensely viral on the internet.
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Mame Khan is a household name in the Indian Folk music but he became a sensation throughout India with this Coke Studio song ‘Chaudhary’.
The folk singer recently revealed the reason behind him wearing the traditional outfit at the Cannes, IANS quoted him as saying, “People there wear various forms of clothes and all, so I was like what should I wear? I thought I’m from India and representing the folk culture of India so I wore a Rajasthani safa (turban) and a coat from Kanpur,”
He also said, “The interesting thing is everyone’s luggage had arrived except mine and Aishwarya Rai’s. I was stubborn that till the time my luggage doesn’t arrive I won’t go on the red carpet. There we have time slots and mine was at 4.30 p.m. but touchwood the luggage arrived at the end moment.”
Rajasthani singer Mame Khan scripts history, becomes first folk artist to open Cannes Red Carpet for India
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The talented artist comes from a family of great singers and has given his voice for movies like Luck by chance, Mirzya, Sonchiriya and No One Killed Jessica.