India, June 2 -- Film festivals today are often as closely associated with fashion statements and red-carpet appearances as they are with cinema. Recently, filmmaker-actor Anurag Kashyap weighed in on the debate, saying festivals like Cannes should remain a platform for films, storytelling, and creative exchange rather than becoming solely a glamour spectacle.

Actor Anupriya Goenka, who made her debut on the festival's red carpet and premiered her film Bombay Stories there, resonates with his point of view.

"It's essentially a film festival and it should be all about cinema, storytelling, and meeting creative minds from across the globe," says Anupriya, adding, "The major focus has to be storytelling and films, rather than anything else...