FEBRUARY 18, 2011, AUCKLAND 10

Unique music launch

of ‘Patiala House’

WHAT’S UP
Dharmendra, Lata Mangeshkar awarded
with ‘Salaam Maharashtra’ Award

V
eteran actor
Dharmendra
and singer
Lata Mangeshkar
were felicitated at an
event titled, ‘Salaam
Maharashtra’ hosted by a

Bollywood stars in Gully cricket
to fund hospital for homeless
T
he grand finale of Gully Cricket
2011, a cricket tournament
organized by NGO Project
Crayons to promote the development of a
charitable hospital for the homeless and
a welfare centre for young women, was
D
leading Marathi language irector Nikhil Advani, along with the hard work required to achieve their
channel, ‘Mi Marathi’. The Akshay Kumar, Anushka and goals. “Honesty is one of the biggest
hi-profile event held at the Hard Kaur, recently launched things in this industry. I might not be a
Andheri Sports Complex the music of ‘Patiala House’ at Whistling great actor but I am always honest,” he
marked the completion of Woods, a reputed film academy. The said.
50 years of Maharashtra venue was specially chosen in keeping The charming Anushka recalled how
state. The objective of the with the theme of the film about pursuing she was inspired by Akshay Kumar’s
event was to honour the one’s dreams. A very stylish looking professionalism. The event ended on a
people of Maharashtra Akshay Kumar appealed to the students musical note with Hard Kaur rapping
for their excellence and to believe in their dreams and put in all the mehendi song from the movie
create an awareness of
Maharashtra’s rich cultural
heritage. The event was
attended by several
Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao
political dignitaries and
celebrities from the film
and television fraternity.
marvel at photography
exhibition
for a ‘One Day international’.
Among the actors who actively
participated in the celebrity match were
Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani, Anjana
Sukhani, Minissha Lamba, Monica
Bedi, Mahima Choudhry, Nisha Kothari,

recently held at the D.Y. Patil Stadium
in Navi Mumbai. The event witnessed
over 55,000 people including Bollywood
actors, cricketers and others. Needless to
add, the presence of Bollywood stars and
cricketers made the event an exciting one
creating an atmosphere electric enough
Minissha Lamba and Baba Sehgal. Vivek
Oberoi later spoke about the initiatives
taken by Project Crayons, whereas Aftab
Shivadasani played a few shots for the
team while Mahima Choudhry cheered
the team. Baba Sehgal, Monica Bedi and
Nisha Kothari performed on stage.
T
he photography exhibition by
Mumbai Weekend shoot and
Aamir Khan Productions, at
PVR, Juhu had some beautiful, defining
pictures of the city of dreams, Mumbai.
One could not help but marvel at the
scenic and different way Mumbai
had been captured by these budding
photographers, some of whom who
were doctors, media professionals and
corporate executives.
Kiran Rao, Prateik, Monica Dogra
and Kriti Malhotra, were blown
away by all the pictures. In fact, one
unanimous demand by all four of them
was that they wanted copies of all the
pictures, and even rued about the fact
that they could select just two pictures
as winners.
Kiran personally interacted with
members of the group, discussing
various photographs and mentioning
of how she used to click the facets of the
city when she was new to this place.