New Delhi: Riding high on the success of her latest release Tere Ishk Mein, actress Kriti Sanon is making headlines once again—this time for her appearance at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Saudi Arabia. The Bollywood star was spotted posing with several Hollywood heavyweights, including Adrien Brody, Nina Dobrev, Dakota Johnson, and Uma Thurman, highlighting her growing international presence.
Kriti turned heads at the festival in a sculpted black gown by Australian designer Toni Maticevski, exuding elegance as she attended the gala alongside celebrated artists from around the world.
📸 Nina Dobrev and Kriti Sanon at Women in Cinema event at Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah 💛 pic.twitter.com/Jqw81RQjcC
— Daily Nina Dobrev (@iamdobrevnews) December 6, 2025
Kriti Sanon Talks Craft, Challenges, and Love Stories
During the In Conversation session at the festival’s fifth edition, Kriti spoke candidly about her film career, artistic evolution, and the challenges she embraced while portraying Mukti in Aanand L. Rai’s Tere Ishk Mein.
Speaking about her character, she said:
“What I love about her is that she’s not perfect. She’s flawed, as we are as human beings. She’s extremely raw, she’s vulnerable.”
Later, at the Variety Lounge, the actor elaborated on the emotional depth required for her role, calling Mukti one of her most demanding characters yet.
KRITI SANON WITH ADRIEN BRODY at Women in Cinema event at Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah 🖤🔥 #KritiSanon #AdrienBrody pic.twitter.com/pVoeGxbToS
— Ravi ♧ (@kritis_admirer) December 6, 2025
Kriti also expressed her excitement about the resurgence of romance in Indian cinema:
Kriti sanon with Dakota johnson.What a crossover 😍🥳🔥❤️ #DakotaJohnson #kritisanon pic.twitter.com/4L6X6AMyFH
— Arnav (@AswaniArnav) December 6, 2025
“I’m really glad that love stories are back. I craved them. It’s my favourite genre. This year has been about love stories.”
About Tere Ishk Mein
Tere Ishk Mein marks the third collaboration between actor Dhanush and director Aanand L. Rai, after Raanjhanaa (2013) and Atrangi Re (2021). The film’s trailer generated significant buzz for its portrayal of an intense, toxic love story—an ongoing trend in mainstream Hindi cinema.
In his review for NDTV, critic Saibal Chatterjee wrote:
“The lead actors, Dhanush and Kriti Sanon… do all they can to convey intensity and passion, but the mess they are called upon to sort out is too bloated to be wished away by their earnest efforts or washed away by the waters of the Ganga.”
With strong competition from Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandhar, which released on December 5, the film enters a crowded box office landscape.