Abhishek's winning streak

Sunday night saw the finale of the Pro Kabaddi league held at the NSCI in Mumbai in which Abhishek Bachchans Jaipur Pink Panthers beat Ronnie Screwvalas U Mumba Bachchan who had kept himself free for the whole month of the league competition and who had attended training sessions travelling with his boys was understandably jubilant about the victory in this inaugural season of the tournament And it was obvious to all that his team members shared his joy as they hoisted him on their shoulders during a victory lap Dressed in the teamrsquos pink jersey AB Baby was animated throughout the game for which he had his wife Aishwarya for support along with Nita Ambani Anuradha and Anand Mahindra the promoter of the league and Star CEO Uday ShankarAbhishek BachchanInterestingly in the opening game of the season Abhishek had managed to get the likes of his father Big B SRK Sachin Aamir and Tina Ambani to cheer on from the sidelines Talk about star supportersAishwarya Rai Bachchan and Nita AmbaniApart from Kabaddi itrsquos been a big week for Abhishek all round it was recently announced that he had picked up a stake in the Chennai franchise of the upcoming football Indian Super League and his upcoming movie lsquoHappy New Yearrsquo is releasing its first song lsquoIndiawaalersquo today NiceThe Poonawalla horsesCyrus Poonawalla is expecting a big September from his star horses we hear In Europe Gordon Lord Byron runs the Gr 1 Haydock Sprint Cup in England this Saturday and hopes are high that he will be able to repeat his stunning performance of last year And the Parsi billionairersquos other star the French Filly Kenhope having won two races recently in Germany and France runs the prestigious Metron stakes Gr 1 in Ireland at the inaugural Qipco champions the following weekendCyrus PoonawallaFingers crossed and may the best horse winWith great power comes great queuesAnd even while Mumbai pauses in its busy life to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi and pay its respects to the portly elephantheaded God for whom is reserved a special corner of its heart a friend whorsquos been making the rounds of all the celebrity Ganeshas at the homes of Bollywood and top businessmen and politicians has this to say ldquoThe Ganpati pujas at Jeetendra and Shobharsquos and Salman Khanrsquos home definitely attract the cityrsquos top residentsrdquo he said having visited them ldquobut this year the queue of Mercedes Audis and Beemers was the longest in Union Minister for Power and Coal Piyush Goyalrsquos building foyerrdquoSalman Khan and Piyush GoyalIt seems guests whorsquod come to pay their respects at the affable and popular Mumbaikarrsquos Napean Sea road apartment had to wait for almost half and hour to get into their limos ldquoAnd mind you though each year the Goyalrsquos Ganpati puja attracts the cregraveme de la cregraveme of the city everyone couldnrsquot help noticing that this year the crowd was the biggestrdquoIn gratitudeWord comes in that Imran and Avantika Malik who recently become parents of a bonny baby girl will be expressing their gratitude by extending support to help the paediatric ward of Tata Memorial for children suffering with cancer through lsquoHelping Handsrsquo an initiative by the Goenka TrustImran Khan and Avantika MalikThe actor and his wife will be hosting a media meet at the end of this month highlighting the importance of donating to the NGO which works towards providing the right nutrition treatment accommodation and other facilities to the children stricken with cancerTheir advocacy will be followed by an exhibition which will have on display a cornucopia of jewellery gifts desserts and designer wear from Ami Parekh Patolas and bandhinis Palak Sheth fine jewellery La Folie and Madhavi GoenkaldquoThe participants will pay to participate in the exhibition and the funds collected will be donated given to the hospitalrsquos paediatric wardrdquo said a spokespersonAt their Masters feetHersquos called lsquothe Guru of a new generationrsquo and his Isha Foundation has outposts across the world and so it comes as no surprise that a slew of celebrities have flown in from all over the world to attend Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudevrsquos daughterrsquos wedding which is being held this week in a simple ceremony at his ashram in CoimbatoreSadhguru Jaggi Vasudev PICAFPThe golfplaying motorbikeracing savant who preaches a popular form of mediation which he calls lsquoinner engineeringrsquo has devotees like hit UK TV writer Ian La Frenais lsquoThe Likely Ladsrsquo lsquoWhatever Happened to the Likely Ladsrsquo and the Beatle film lsquoAcross the Universersquo and his accomplished painter wife Doris whose circle of friends include Hollywood Alisters ldquoVarious Kennedys and international rock and movie stars are expected to come for this most auspicious occasionrdquo said a devotee ldquoFrom India the likes of Shekhar Kapur Juhi Chawla and Prahlad Kakkar all known to be devotees will be attending toordquoShekhar KapurPrahlad KakkarNine Parts of DesireldquoIrsquom in South Africa for Irarsquos fantastic solo lsquo9 parts of desirersquo mdash which Irsquove directed and producedrdquo said Lillete Dubey the theatre veteran known for her husky voice ldquoItrsquos multiple awardswinning international hit based on the IraqiAmerican war mdash in which she plays 9 roles Itrsquos received a terrific response in India toordquo said the proud mom ldquoHere it is part of a festival called lsquoShared History with the South African Govtrsquo and we are performing at some of the most prestigious venues across the countryrdquoIra DubeyThe play will be travelling to Ahmedabad in October as part of the Vikram Sarabhai International Arts Festival later this year