MukkaMaar, a self-defence training programme for underprivileged women along with India's leading online poker-gaming platform, Spartan Poker, hosted a special event for the students of close to 30 MCGM schools on the occasion of International Women's Day in the presence of veteran actor, Shabana Azmi. With this activity, the aim was to showcase the real strength and courage of school girls, who were taught various fighting and self-defence techniques by the MukkaMaar team, supported by Spartan Poker. Held on March 8, the event was hosted at the P A Mhatre Sports Ground at Juhu in Mumbai and saw over 500 attendees including mothers and school kids.

The children left everyone mesmerised as they demonstrated their skills in Martial Arts and participated in competitions including poetry-recital, debate and Martial Arts demonstrations. Among special performances were hula hoop, story-telling and a short skit on the girl-child. Gracing the event as the Chief Guest was veteran Bollywood actor Shabana Azmi, along with Mr Amin Rozani, Co-founder and MD of Spartan Poker, as well as prominent celebrities, Sharad Kelkar, Mohit Raina, Kritika Kamra, Eisha Chopra, Pretaam Singh, Ishita Moitra (Writer) and ex-National Football Player Abeer Arsiwala, among others, including a special guest, Shri Ameet Satam, BJP MLA of Juhu.

Shabana Azmi records a video of the martial arts demo by the school kids