Raj&Pablo Love Bollywood: IIFA
Well what can we say...if Saturday's Show was stupendous. As soon as we
had finished the show had a quick debrief and the obligatory quaffs of
Dinner and drinks at the hotel - Monty Sharma with wife; Shyam Benegal and wife ; Shabana and Javed; and the stylish and sweet Diya Mirza. Captain Sheetal Masi and Leiutenants Sarky Shabnam and Rampant Rajni joined in and we finally let our hair down.Ìý The funny thing was that even though the hotel had flown in Indian chefs from Bangalore, our two leaders decided to become British and ordered FISH&CHIPS ....talk about being Brits abroad! We fell about laughing when their plates arrived - Sheetal Masi (who is always right munched away) with her stiff upper lip determination while Sarky Shabnam grimaced and true to form stole most of Rampant Rajni's Methi Paneer - (as well as naans and ate all of her chips - how does she keep her figure we think !!)Ìý Midshipmen Mintu and Mani couldn't attend as they were forced to edit!!...(hehehe)
Sunday morning and we were all raring to go...Raj wore black (to start
with) Pablo his causal 'I'm just out of the gym' look - sauntered down to the
lobby to see what was happening.Ìý And the
hurly burly started. Akshay Kumar had arrived from Ìý We were seated right behind La Family B and as soon as AbhiAsh walked in
Abhi greeted us with a holler of "HELLO BOYS" with a cheeky grin - and
Ash gave us a wink!...The tour is going to be a visual treat - think Madonna,
think U2, think Beyonce! - We were the first to find out that the line up not
only includes Amitabh, Abhi and Ash as well as Ritiesh and Preity - but that
Akshay Kumar will be the special guest when the tour launches in Toronto -
Madhuri (who looks stunningly different with her re styled hairdo!) in the US
and Shilpa Shetty gracing the stage in London. Ìý THEN it was time for the show!Ìý
Panic stations as the team went to tidy up the LOVE BOLLWYOOD BOUDOIR - Captain
Sheetal Masi took the helm despite having a bad hair day - at least Captain
Packard doesn't have that problem - and the Spaceship engines were checked for
all technical connections ; Matt hooked up the lines; Sarky Shabnam
unflappingly organising hospitality (although she forget to order Champers!) as
well as fixing the doorbell!! And Rampant Rajni rushedÌý around to ensure the invitees would
arrive.Ìý The double M's fiddled with
their lenses and looked quite smart in their suits (glad to say the suits got
an outing from weddings!). Ìý Then it was all systems go!!!Ìý And
what a start! There are stars and there are stars - but when the magnificent
Mumtaz arrived there was a collective gasp! She was wonderful and so self deprecating
- She told us that in her time there was a huge amount of competition among the
heroines; she underplayed her days of struggle and became the sole breadwinner
and hated her thunder thighs! She now spends most of her time in 70s diva, Actress Mumtaz After the feminine charms of Mumtaz the girls swooned at the male testosterone
that exuded from every pore of Suneil Shetty and Apoorva Lakhia. Forget
Metroxesual Men - these guys could have been in 300! Suneil has just co
produced Apoorva's MISSION ISTANBUL and it's got Zayed, Vivek, Suneil, Nikitin
and the sulty Shweta and sensous Shriya.Ìý
Then the doorbell rings, in walks the understated Tushaar Kapoor.Ìý He tells us that he has just arrived and
wants to know how our Â鶹Éç Asian Newtork Doc went down! Energy goes up to warp
speed six when a hyper Arshad Warsi saunters in and reveals he's looking
forward to shooting in the UK and is on the lookout for a Volkswagon Beetle to
blow up in the movie...poor wee Herbie...then sarky Shriya Saran saunters in...if
you thought our Shabnam had a tongue ..well we can tell you Shriya is 100 times
better - We flirt ceaselessly and she takes the mick out of us and says we have
it easy as we are surrounded by a team of thorough professionals - LITTLE DOES
SHE KNOW!!...hahaha..only joking !...Then Fardeen Khan rings the bell and talks
about how pleased he is that his mother in law Mumtaz is being honoured, talks
about his dads health and his future plans...Then Kunal Kapoor walks in and the
girls swoon a bit more...And then before we know it, it'sÌý 12.00pm and time for us to sign off...and
finally we get ready for the actual ceremony itself and for Ìýanother Love Bollywood Rollercoaster!! Ìý Ìý Love Us ...Love Bollywood Ìý Raj &Pablo xx
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