Shruti Haasan graces the Cannes red carpet for Neil Gaiman

Shruti Haasan made her presence felt with her smashing red carpet looks. After doing two appearances for her film Sangamithra, Shruti was seen attending the premiere of "How To Talk To Girls at Parties" starring Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman, directed by John Cameron Mitchell. She attended the premiere as a special guest of celebrated British novelist - Neil Gaiman - who wrote the short story that was the film's inspiration.

According to sources, "Neil Gaiman has been one of Shruti's all time favorite novelists. She's followed his work extensively and they had a chance to connect a short while ago over Twitter. They met in LA and stayed in touch via mails and messages. When Neil realized Shruti was in Cannes, he was thrilled and invited her to attend the premiere of the film as one of his special guests. She was delighted to go be a part of his big celebration and attended the premiere on May 21"

Talking about attending the premiere on Neil's invitation, Shruti says, "I was super happy to be invited for the film. Neil is my favorite writer and I loved the film as well"