From : zoomdekho
Added: Aug 21, 2009
There was lots of glitter, plenty of glam, loads of entertainment and a number of lessons of excellence at the 12th Rajiv Gandhi Awards 09 ceremony held on Wednesday at the NCPA. As anchors Shreyas Talpade and Mahima Chaudhary took centrestage and entertained the packed hall, politicians from across the country, sportspersons, Bollywoodians and others sat back for an afternoon of tributes, awards and merriment. Shreyas and Mahima made the politicians sing their favourite songs. Vilasrao Deshmukh cheerfully declined the proposal saying he had never sung in his life, while Vilas Muttemwar impressed with his Jab Koi Baat Bigad Jaye number. Former cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin, the newest politico on the block, sang Tere Bina Jiya Jaye Na for wife Sangeeta Bijlani, who was accompanying him. And when the good-looking Jyotiraditya Scindia came on stage with Madhur Bhandarkar, Mahima couldnt help but remark that the filmmaker should consider Jyotiraditya for his next. Later, Milind Deora was asked what he liked better — being a rockstar guitarist or a politician. Milind, of course, said he could do both. When Rajeev Shukla came on stage with Katrina Kaif to give away an award, he wittily thanked God that he wasnt asked to come with Kripa-shankar Singh! The latter of course was most sporting and burst out laughing, waiting for Shukla to step down from the stage! Shahid Kapoor enthralled the audience with a sudden jig. Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra put up some enchanting performances. Hrithiks son Hrehaan, who was seated with Sussanne, seemed to love his daddys performance. Not surprising, the little one became the centre of attention. Also present at the event were Shekhar Suman, Poonam Dhillon, Tulip Joshi, Suresh Shetty, Vijay Kalantri, Mukkesh Tyagi, Viren Shah and Raza Murad. Nineteen-year-old Krushnaa Patil, the courageous Puneite to scale Mount Everest, who bagged the award in the Women Achiever category, said she now wanted to create awareness of the effects of global warming such as melting glaciers. Planning Commission member Narendra Jadhav, on receiving his award for Excellence in Education, stressed that, Education is the only thing that can change an entire generation. Sam Pitroda, who started the Yellow Revolution in India (STD and PCO booths), received the global Indian award. He could not attend the event as he was in the US and had a dinner engagement with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. At the end of the ceremony, Charan Singh Sapra, who instituted the awards 12 years ago, was a happy man. Not surprising he sang Chalte Chalte Mere Yeh Geet Yaad Rakhna straight from his heart when he was asked to hum his favourite number.
Category : Entertainment

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