Revivalist jewellery designer Roopa Vohra along with daughter Mitaali Vohra threw a surprise party for Vivek to celebrate with few of his close friends. It was a double celebration…. Vivek Vohra’s Birthday and the most celebrated north Indian festival of Lohri!
The guestlist was unending with Gul Panag, Anu Ranjan & Shashi Ranjan, Pooja Batra, Konkana Sen, Kabir Bedi, Neeta & Shyam Lulla, Pooja & Lalit Choudhary, Krishika & Sunil Lulla, Bhairavi Jaikishan & Rajiv Tara, Amy Billimoria, Saapna Mukherjee, Aalim Hakim and girlfriend Shanno, Bharati Pradhan, Hrishikesh Pai, Alex O’Neil & Shamma Sikander, Karan Oberoi &
Smita Mohla and Husband, Komolika Guha, Leena Mogre & Nikhil Mogre, Bikramjit Kanwarpal, Munisha Khatwani, Asha Sachdev, Sameena Khan, Apurva Agnihotri & Shilpa Sahlani, Pooja Bedi & Parveen Dusanj, Aditi Govitrikar, Arzoo Govitrikar, Aanchal Kumar, Poonam Dhillon, Raageshwari and brother Rishabh Loomba, Rahul & Dimpy Mahajan, Salim Merchant and wife Jeane, Suleiman & Reshma Merchant, Ronit & Neelam Roy, Rohit & Manasi Roy, Rajeshwari Badola, Gul Panag, Vindu Dara Singh, Kiran Bawa, Kunika Singh, Renu & Naaz Zaveri, Asha Sachdev, Kaushik Shrimankar, Sandhya Shetty attending. The atmosphere was electric and vibrant with beautiful Sufi music sung by acclaimed Sufi Singer Indira Naik of the Patiala Gharana.
And at the time of lighting the Lohri fire the Bhangra singers and dancers brought Punjab alive in aamchi Mumbai, with everyone joining in!! Vivek and Reshma and Pooja Batra bonded over their fauji roots…
Pooja Bedi was amongst the earliest to arrive and stayed comfortably chatting with friends… Vivek and she having gone to the same school … SANAWAR!! Raageshwari being Viveks muh boli sister, took care of all the guests. Mitaali and Salim were in deep conversation over movies as Mitaali is a budding director. Though she is studying Film Direction, the constant comment that Mitaali received was OH you shud think of being in front of the camera!!
The Chandigarh gang was in full attendance with Vindu Dara Sungh Poonam Dhillon Aanchal Kumar Kulraaj Randhawa and Gul Panag. So was the designer Fraternity with Neeta Lulla, Bhairavi Jaikishen, Pria Kataria Puri, Kanwaljit. Hot jalebis and makki di roti and sarson da saag with fresh makhan completed the chilly Mumbai evening that was full of warmth as friends bonded and celebrated together.
