Satish Kaushik had a pleasant surprise in store for him on April 13. The director was overwhelmed with joy when producer Bhushan Kumar and his wife Divya Khosla Kumar surprised him by throwing a surprise birthday bash for him on the sets of his mega-venture ‘Karzzzz’ at Cinevistaas Studios, Kanjunmarg .
As always, the evening of the Pantaloons Femina Miss India was full of glamour, entertainment and anxiety with Bollywood stars stealing all the limelight from the beautiful 28 contestants.
Right from the hosts, south superstar Madhavan along with the very gorgeous Diya Mirza sporting stunning outfits designed by Ritu Kumar and Shaina NC to the panel of judges that comprised of actors like Tabu, Zeenat Aman, and Katrina Kaif, they were everywhere.
Equally dazzling were the performances from the Bollywood beauties. Sameera Reddy clad in a stunning red jump suit, performed on Jeenat Aman’s dancer numbers from 70s. Bong siren Bips set everybody’s heart racing with her eternal ‘Bidi’ number and newly dawned Bollywood diva Kareena Kapoor set the stage afire clad in her trademark black ‘Mauja’ dress.
20 year old Parvathy Omanakuttan from Kerala was honoured with the ‘Femina Miss India World 2008’ crown, Harshita Saxena was crowned as ‘Pantaloons Femina Miss Earth 2008’ and Simran Kaur Mundi became the ‘Femina Miss India Universe 2008’.
The last day of the Lakme Fashion Week show on March 30 had the final act from actor-turned-show stopper Ranbir Kapoor who walked the ramp for Arjun Khanna in a brown, heavily embroidered sherwani. Not to mention, her current love interest, Deepika Padukone was there to cheer him sitting in the first row bonding well and chatting with mom Neetu Singh.
Ranbir, with his face and hair painted golden started with his signature dance step from the title song of ‘Saawariya’. Then, spotting Deepika in the first row, he gave a romantic twist to the show by blowing a ‘kiss’ straight to her lady love right from the ramp.
”There couldn`t have a better confession of love than this. Ranbir made it clear at the LFW that Deepika is his love interest,” said Rashmi Singh, who attended the show.
“Before I came here I didn’t know that my face would be painted golden. Only when I reached the venue and sat on a chair (backstage) to get the make-up done, I got to know about it. But I enjoyed the whole experience,” Ranbir said about his looks for the show.
Deepika being a successful model and Ranbir being a debutante on the ramp, the obvious one was whether the Kapoor kid took tips from the lady. “No I did not take any tips from Deepika before walking the ramp. I had never walked the ramp before. It was the first time for me but I was quite confident. It proved to be an excellent experience,” Ranbir coolly answered this one.
holi was celebrated with full fervor and enjoyment at financial and entertainment capital of the country. People were seen across the Bollywood applying ‘gulal’ and other synthetic colors on each other amidst the festivities of Holi. Some were seen playing holi in eco friendly manner applying herbal colors. In many localities the festival of holi was turned into the water canon arranged “rain dance” party.
Stars were also not far behind in celebrating the festival as many programs were organized across the North West suburbs at homes of film stars. One such party was organized by lyricist Javed Akhtar and his activist-actress wife Shabana Azmi at their home in Juhu. The famous holi celebrations at Bachchans’ residence were cancelled due to the death of Amitabh’s mother Teji this year.
Cola giant Pepsi has roped in Bollywood’s hottest sensations and emerging young faces – Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone as its brand ambassadors. The duo will now be seen with Shah Rukh Khan in Pepsi’s first campaign of 2008.
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