Cannes will be in India one day, says jury member Deepika Padukone

Bollywood star Deepika Padukone on Wednesday said she is grateful to be serving on the Cannes Film Festival jury panel but hopes for a time when India will be as prestigious a cinema centre as the city located on the French Riviera.

The actor, who is a part of the eight-member Cannes Competition jury at the gala that opened May 17, said India needs to back homegrown talent with "conviction".

"We have a long way to go as a country. I feel really proud as an Indian to represent the country but when we look back at the 75 years of Cannes