Aati kya Lonavla?

By all accounts Aamir Khans fiftieth birthday was celebrated in Lonavla by doting wife Kiran Rao in much the manner of his being with genuine warmth and a certain wholesome realness It was full of his old school friends his family his industry colleagues and his well wishers whod gathered at the modest hill station on what was a momentous day in the Life of India when the first of her three fabulous Khans turned fiftyldquoIt was a true family celebration with the kids of the family putting up a play for Aamirrdquo says a source ldquoEveryone famous or not old friends or new was made to feel cherishedrdquo she says of the guests who apart from famous names like Mukesh and Nita Ambani Anil Kapoor Karan Johar and Ayan Mukherjee were made up of many close friends of the coupleAamir KhanBut this is where our glam friends voice turned emotional ldquoThere were speeches of course Many people like Anil Kapoor cried as they spoke about the birthday boy But what most stood out in an evening of so much celebration and happiness was the respect and warmth Aamir bestows on the women in his lifeAnil KapoorAfter first thanking his mother and grandmother he thanked his former wife Reena who was present and very much part of the festivitiesrdquo says our source who is as at home at parties in Gstaad as in Lonavla ldquoThat demonstrated such depth of grace and emotional intelligence on his part and that of his loved ones that we were staggered and moved by itrdquoBut was there dancing we enquired for what is a celebration without a bit of dancing especially for a man as iconic as Khan on his fiftieth birthday ldquoYesrdquo said our friend ldquoafter the speeches Anil Kapoor said enough of all this emotional drama Lets dance and so we didrdquo No doubt to Aati kya Khandala we thoughtAnnals of the young and restlessSaturday saw Mumbais young and restless gather midtown to kick up their heels The event termed A Day of Slick was hosted between two Lower Parel venues Cafe Zoe and its neighbouring Blue Frog it began as early as 4 pm and went on into the nightThe electroverts andDJ JoshiWe hear that the organisers had brought down a good mix of international big names and underground artists such as Magdalena Jeremy Olander and Sharam Jey who spun different genres of music including deep house trance and trap between the venuesBut what pleased us the most was that the Indian artists on the list were the ones who roped in the biggest crowds and appreciation Some of the top Indian artists who participated included Kohra Joshi The electroverts and Anish Sood who had the crowd which included a mix between SoBo big names and Bandra models on their feetLet there be lightSaturdays launch of the Indian edition of mondoarc rated among the top design magazines published in the UK at the Bhabha Theatre NCPA which began with talks by some of the worlds most towering personalities from the field of lighting design was by all accounts wella glittering affairMalini Akerkar andSumant JayakrishnanAttended by nearly 400 invitees the guests included eminent personalities from the architecture and design fraternity such as Kamal Malik Brinda Somaya Abha Narain Lambah Alfaz Miller along with artists like Sudarshan Shetty Chintan Upadhyay and GR IrannaAnd with international lighting Gods such as Charles Stone World Trade Centre Memorial Andre Tammes Golden Temple in Amritsar engaging with Indian stalwarts of the visual world like our friend the Delhibased scenographer Sumant Jayakrishnan whose repertoire not only includes some of the most glamorous Indian destination weddings but also the design of Tim Supples outstanding production of A Midsummer Nights Dream the evening which was cohosted by aesthete and design maven Malini Akerkar and Hardeep and Amit Gupta publishers of mondoarc India was a milestone on the citys design almanacldquoIm proud to be associated with an initiative that showcased international standards and the latest in lighting technology and interactive visual arts The evening was presented with a sophisticated eacutelan par nonerdquo said Akerkar post eventOne million on TwitterldquoHaving a million Twitter followers I gotta say is quite coolrdquo says our friend and neighbour Vishal Dadlani who in the great tradition of rockers like Bruce Springsteen and Bono regards himself as a troubadour and activist too Dadlani to coin a neat phrase is something of a head banging liberal his politics quite separate from his music is in your face left of centre and hence naturally proAam AdmiVishal DadlaniThis of course has won him not only fans and admirers but also a fair share of haters And so when we heard that this one of Bollywoods most successful music composers had reached the allimportant rubric of one million Twitter followers we asked for him for his reactionldquoI love the interactions I have with my followers and their love and support for the music the activism the political opinionsrdquo said Dadlani ldquoOf course there are trolls too some funny and some just plain obnoxious but for the latter theres always the block buttonrdquo said the man known to often begin or end his tweets with a bwahahahaldquoLike someone said to me on Twitter yesterday if I unblock all the haters Ill probably have 2 million followers Hahahahardquo he said And if you dont know what bwahahaha means Urban Dictionary describes it as a phonetic spelling of a burst of maniacal laughter indicating triumph scorn and evil scheming We like