Picture perfect
Picture perfect
Suzanne Khan strikes a pose at a photo exhibition held for charity at the NCPA on Wednesday
Painted Yellow
Jamming with an Eagle
IF you’re looking for a musical great, you’ll find that at Devieka Bhojwani’s house. That the Mumbai society veteran is also an avid music buff is well known, but Devieka and her husband Suresh (an equal partner in his passion for a tune) will be hosting Joe Walsh from the Eagles at their home next week. Walsh was the guitarist and songwriter for the great band, he even wrote the much loved Hotel California. “We met Joe and his wife Marjorie through a common friend when they came to India for the first time,” says Devieka, adding this is their second visit here. “After which they had invited us to watch them perform in Singapore. We were backstage and in the green room—and he had 50 guitars, a new one for every song he played. It was simply amazing,” she recalls. The Bhojwanis will be inviting a small group of music lovers, and will also be hoping Walsh jams with them.
When Ashish met Ashiesh
ONE of Mumbai’s buzzy evenings witnessed an encounter of an unusual kind. Delhi- and Paris-based shutterbug Ashish Shah was introduced to Mumbai’s adored architect Ashiesh Shah, and both of them greeted each other with laughter. The photographer told the architect he was done with being mistaken for him. “A woman even came up to meet me in Paris thinking I was you,” Ashish told Ashiesh. The lady in question was none other than famed perfumer Jahnvi Dameron Nandan. Ashish, who is represented by a popular New York gallery, is now moving to Dubai but promises to stay in touch with his namesake.
The Hollywood factor
VETERAN actor Saira Banu visited the Liberty cinema to flag off ‘The Two Thespians’, a ten-day film festival and exhibition of rare film memorabilia put together to felicitate Dilip Kumar and Marlon Brando. Neville Tuli’s Osian archive and library collection, which owns original art and publicity material from every film of Kumar’s 50-years-plus career, backs the initiative. At the occasion Banu declared she’s an ardent fan of her husband’s and said that all his films were ‘iconic’. She added that Kumar always chose socially-relevant films. Dubbed India’s first superstar, Banu said her husband never regarded himself as a method actor and that he had just evolved his own style, something he has even mentioned in his autobiography Dilip Kumar: The Substance and the Shadow. When asked why the veteran actor never considered a Hollywood film, Banu said, “Thank God, he didn’t do one, or else he would have fallen for a foreign actress.” We’re such suckers for a good old-fashion (and rare) romance.
Tailpiece
THERE was a moment of silence at a two-day men’s fashion event at a suburban hotel on Tuesday evening. We’re not sure if the dandyish confection on the runway silenced the crowd, or the forced patriotism of some designers who played the National Anthem to end a fashion show. We do think it was the presence of certain front-row regulars who caused some jaws to drop. Marc Robinson, choreographer and events planner, found himself two seats away from photography wizard Colston Julian. Anyone in the fashion business (or a regular reader of this diary) will squirm at the idea of this, since Robinson’s estranged wife Waluscha de Sousa is rumoured to be more than friends with Julian. Needless to add, the two gentlemen didn’t greet each other.
Suzanne Khan strikes a pose at a photo exhibition held for charity at the NCPA on Wednesday
Painted Yellow
TRUST Ramona Narang to spring a surprise on you when you least expect it. The lady has been secretly working on her pet project and it’s ready to be launched next week. Sure, her eponymous fashion store is well stocked for the party season, but we mean something brand new. Narang’s F&B genes have kicked in and she is launching her first restaurant, a standalone space in Bandra West. It serves Italian food and has an indoor and outdoor as well as a terrace space. “The launch is on December 11, and I didn’t want to have a big party like everyone else does,” Narang coos over the phone. “I’ve asked my friends to host tables for eight guests each. That way everyone is eating and chatting. And there will be music and dancing later too.” This bella sure can pull in a full house by herself.
Jamming with an Eagle
IF you’re looking for a musical great, you’ll find that at Devieka Bhojwani’s house. That the Mumbai society veteran is also an avid music buff is well known, but Devieka and her husband Suresh (an equal partner in his passion for a tune) will be hosting Joe Walsh from the Eagles at their home next week. Walsh was the guitarist and songwriter for the great band, he even wrote the much loved Hotel California. “We met Joe and his wife Marjorie through a common friend when they came to India for the first time,” says Devieka, adding this is their second visit here. “After which they had invited us to watch them perform in Singapore. We were backstage and in the green room—and he had 50 guitars, a new one for every song he played. It was simply amazing,” she recalls. The Bhojwanis will be inviting a small group of music lovers, and will also be hoping Walsh jams with them.
When Ashish met Ashiesh
ONE of Mumbai’s buzzy evenings witnessed an encounter of an unusual kind. Delhi- and Paris-based shutterbug Ashish Shah was introduced to Mumbai’s adored architect Ashiesh Shah, and both of them greeted each other with laughter. The photographer told the architect he was done with being mistaken for him. “A woman even came up to meet me in Paris thinking I was you,” Ashish told Ashiesh. The lady in question was none other than famed perfumer Jahnvi Dameron Nandan. Ashish, who is represented by a popular New York gallery, is now moving to Dubai but promises to stay in touch with his namesake.
The Hollywood factor
VETERAN actor Saira Banu visited the Liberty cinema to flag off ‘The Two Thespians’, a ten-day film festival and exhibition of rare film memorabilia put together to felicitate Dilip Kumar and Marlon Brando. Neville Tuli’s Osian archive and library collection, which owns original art and publicity material from every film of Kumar’s 50-years-plus career, backs the initiative. At the occasion Banu declared she’s an ardent fan of her husband’s and said that all his films were ‘iconic’. She added that Kumar always chose socially-relevant films. Dubbed India’s first superstar, Banu said her husband never regarded himself as a method actor and that he had just evolved his own style, something he has even mentioned in his autobiography Dilip Kumar: The Substance and the Shadow. When asked why the veteran actor never considered a Hollywood film, Banu said, “Thank God, he didn’t do one, or else he would have fallen for a foreign actress.” We’re such suckers for a good old-fashion (and rare) romance.
Tailpiece
THERE was a moment of silence at a two-day men’s fashion event at a suburban hotel on Tuesday evening. We’re not sure if the dandyish confection on the runway silenced the crowd, or the forced patriotism of some designers who played the National Anthem to end a fashion show. We do think it was the presence of certain front-row regulars who caused some jaws to drop. Marc Robinson, choreographer and events planner, found himself two seats away from photography wizard Colston Julian. Anyone in the fashion business (or a regular reader of this diary) will squirm at the idea of this, since Robinson’s estranged wife Waluscha de Sousa is rumoured to be more than friends with Julian. Needless to add, the two gentlemen didn’t greet each other.
