Mumbai: Indian actor Sonam Chhabra shined bright as a symbol of strength at the Cannes Film Festival as she walked the red carpet just five months after going through an organ donation. Chhabra also became the first actor to promote organ donation at the prestigious European film festival after she donated her liver to her ailing mother in December last year. Chhabra, who last appeared in the second season of the TV series Made In Heaven, walked the red carpet for the Cannes Film Festival in France on Monday.
Unlike other actors who participated in the festival from around the globe, Chhabra did not only participate as an actor but also as an organ donor spreading awareness about the noble cause. In an exclusive conversation with the Free Press Journal, Chhabra said that she wanted to represent the strength of organ donors at the prestigious film festival for which she accepted the invitation to the festival after such a short span of going through an organ donation. She expressed her content feeling of becoming the strengthening factor and spreading awareness about organ donation through the Cannes Film Festival.
“Five months back, when I was in the hospital as a donor, life seemed very dark. I kept thinking whether I will ever be able to recover from this, let alone going back to work. Today five months later, I am glad that I am walking this red carpet as the symbol of strength,” Chhabra told the Free Press Journal.
In December last year, Chhabra donated 60% of her liv.