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The awards ceremony which brought Indian and Pakistani artistes
together on stage had the right sense of national bonding, was high
on action and had oodles of humour thrown in.
Jaaved
Jaaferi - turned things on their head at the outset of the awards |
It began with host Jaaved Jaaferi unveiled, doing a headstand.
It set the tone for the evening : it was going to be a different
awards. Jaaferi sparkled, buoyed by a fabulous script from Kiran
Kotriyal, the best in the business. Karan Johar in a new avatar
as a host along with the bubbly Juhi Chawla, who broke into song
and her vocal act would have done even an Alka Yagnik proud, was
par excellence. Salman Khan, who came and auctioned a Zee Cine Award
for a cool 450,000 dirhams, raising money for a home for the aged
in Mumbai, India.
Juhi Chawla
- Vocal talent to the fore! |
His appeal that children should look after their aged parents,
played on Dubai's elite and they opened their purses willingly.
Pakistan stand up comic Omar Shariff first on his own, and then
later with India's Shekhar Suman had the audience rolling in the
aisles with his tremendously punny and funny one liners. Another
highlight for attendees was the joint performance for the finale
on stage by Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity
Zinta, Juhi Chawla, Lara Dutta. They were all dancing for Yash 'Tom'
Johar who got the Lifetime Achievement Award.
One act to kill for was Jaaved Jaaferi's take off on Gujarati choreographer
Kamlesh Patel's view of the contribution that various actors' dancing
styles have made to society.
Dubai viewers today will not be able to forget Shah Rukh Khan's
audience involving act when he called on stage four fans to dance
with him. Neeru, Natasha Puri and two Dubai-ites handled themselves
gracefully with the Khan and were the envy of all present.
The show's highlight was the camaraderie that the film artistes
from India and Pakistan displayed. "We hope that the two film industries
can work together to build harmonious relations between the two
nations," quipped almost every artiste.
To catch the action, tune into Zee TV tonight at 8.30 pm.
Pictures
courtesy - www.hindustantimes.com, www.petaindia.com
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