It was an amazing and overwhelming to see the response Mumbaiites gave to master artist SH Raza and his works. The who’s who of Mumbai turned up at the Jehangir last evening to meet Raza saab and it was wonderful to see him spend time chatting with guests.
Hosts Sangeeta Chopra, Shanti Chopra & Kasturi Wadhwani of Art Musings took utmost care that Raza ji was comfortable and guests had a relaxed evening. Sussanne Roshan who had done the site decor at Jehnagir came in early to spend time with Raza. A Monograph/Book was launched and presented to Raza by Sangeeta Chopra. Author & friend Ashok Vajpayi spoke a few words about Raza followed by Ranjit Hoskote.
Among those present were – Sonali Bendre with son, Pooja Bedi, Haseena Jethmalani, Nalini Malani, Nitin & Jyoti Kasliwal, Sabira & Chottu Merchant, Shireen Gandhy, Geetu Hinduja, Chote Ustad/Ustad Zia Pahimudeen Dagar of Dagar Gharana, Baiju Parthan & Vidya Kamat, Raell Padamsee, Sumeet & Apeksha Chopra, Lillete & Ira Dubey, Rid Burman, Brinda Miller, Sangita Jindal, Akanksha Nanda, Prabhakar Kolte, Jamal & Praveena Mecklai, Maneck Davar, Sunil Padwal, Smriti Dixit, Viveek Sharma, MarieLou Phillip, Ashwini Kakkar, Matieu Foss, Maya Burman, Smeeta Sawhney.