Nandita Das on Cannes jury

Nandita Das has been invited to be part of the jury at the prestigious 58th Cannes [ Images ] Film festival to be held in France [ Images ] in May.

Her husband Soumya Sen informed that she received an invitation to be a member of the jury about a fortnight ago.

"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 opposite Amitabh Bachchan [ Images ] in Rakesh Mehra's Aks [ Images ], will serve as member of the jury for feature films. She is the second Indian actress to be invited to act as a jury member. In 2003, Aishwarya Rai was chosen as one of the jury members.