Thursday, April 28 2005 10:53 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Mumbai: Well-known actress, Nandita Das, has been invited to be part of the jury at the prestigious 58th Cannes Film festival to be held in France next month (May).

The actress received an invitation to be a member of the jury around a fortnight ago, the actor's husband, Soumya Sen told sources in Mumbai yesterday (Apr 27, 2005).

"Nandita, who is in the US currently, is expected to fly down to India on May 3. She will be leaving for Cannes on May 8 or 9," he said.

Nandita, who acted with Amitabh Bachchan in 'Aks', will serve as member of the jury for feature films, is the second Indian actress to be invited to act as a jury member.

In 2003, Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai, was chosen as one of the jury members.

The Cannes festival will be held from May 11 to 22.