HIGH LIFE- Chalo Dilli
Are Mumbaiites beginning to enjoy partying in Delhi or are the Delhiites getting obsessed with us Mumbaikars? I thought I was going to cover just one event for Zoom. Boy, everyone and anyone from amchi city were there. It turned out to be one whirlwind weekend. Sanjay Dutt was there with wife Maanyata for a car launch. She sure has learnt the ropes of being a star wife fast. She keeps away from the media glare and the flashbulbs. Even when she is in the middle of an animated conversation, she knows when hubby is about to leave and then helps him make a quick exit. Of course, where there is Dutt, there is Bunty Walia who was excited that he was resuming his shooting for Lamha back in Srinagar. Hopefully, the security problems have been taken care off. I also saw him ogling at a good-looking sardar and asked him what he was upto. Usually you catch him checking out hot babes. Or is it the assar of Dostana? But he said he was checking out the stunning sardar because he is making a movie full of Sikhs. Seems like Singhs will once again be the hot things. But not at this Lamha. He has to first finish the project on hand.
De time
There are few people I look upto and Shobhaa De is one of them. That was the only good part of the car launch on which they reportedly blew Rs 10 crores. The evening was pleasantly chilly but Shobhaa kept the warmth going with her wisdom and predictions as I listened in awe. She even offered me her feather light shawl that seemed as cosy as a Toosh, insisting I was cold. Our Royal Prince of Baroda, Pratap Gaekwad was also there. Looking so dapper in a bandh gala for which he confessed he borrowed buttons from his sister. Whatever he did, he looked debonair. That grey head of hair with a really young face is a killer combination on him.
Isko Dekho
Next day saw even more Bollywoodians there. Right from Saif and Kareena to Ajay and Kajol, Rahul Bose, Karisma and her husband Sanjay. But most of these people were there to participate in the marathon organised by Vivek and Anil Singh who I call the wonder brothers of sports. What was Shobhaa talking about? What’s the raaz behind Sanjay Dutt’s silver streaks for Lamha? And what about Bunty Walia’s security tamasha? You can get a dose on all this and more, and spice up your weekend by watching Page 3 on Zoom.
Tattoo jadoo
If Bollywood lent glamour to Delhi, high society also decided to chill in the capital. Avanti Birla, Haseena Jethmalani, Raja Dhody, Tanya Godrej, Aditya Khilachand were partying there. So was Vikram Chatwal. By the way, the guy has the coolest tattoo of Guru Gobind Singh on his left arm. The moment I met him I unabashedly asked him to lift his sleeve and he willingly obliged.
Pow Wow
• Time for People of the Week. Let’s just let them be. If there is no one deserving, no point bestowing the title on people who don’t merit it. Ciao until next week.
Simi Chandoke is the Editorin-Chief, Lifestyle and Society, Zoom