Old friends catch up

Aaditya ThackerayShiv Sena cub Aaditya Thackeray who turned 27 this week celebrated his big day in the company of his family and friends with a stream of visitors dropping in at the family residence Matoshree to wish him One of them happened to be Bollywood actress Saiyami Kher who debuted last year with the Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra film Mirzya Kher who is the granddaughter of the legendary Usha Kiran whose career in both Marathi and Hindi cinema spanned four decades is a close family friend of the Shiv Sena youth leader Their families go back a long time and across many generationsSaiyami KherNo surprises then that post the celebrations the actress also weighed in with her support to her friends campaign to save Aarey Colony from the collateral damage of development We have forwarded something we learnt in first standard she tweeted in response to his call The importance of trees Really really hope Aarey is savedJohn and Kiran MazumdarShawMallyas rakhi sisterOn the face of it they could not be two more different individuals Kiran MazumdarShaw is the chairman and managing director of a highly regarded biotechnology company and a selfmade billionaire whereas Vijay Mallya inherited his wealth from his dad Then again Shaw has covered herself with laurels over the decades as chairperson of IIMBangalore and appeared on a financial newspapers top 50 women in business list whereas Mallyas affairs appear to be mired in troubles However everyone knows that Mallya considers the dynamic and straight talking entrepreneur as his rakhi sister and the two have grown up together in Bengaluru And thats because her father Rasendra Mazumdar had been the head brew master at United Breweries and a close associate of Vittal MallyaSo this week when Shaws husband John was honoured with an Hon Doctorate from his alma mater the University of Glasgow shed got hers from the same University in 2009 her childhood friend Mallya set aside his woes and took to Twitter to congratulate the coupleNow if only hed listen to some of the excellent advice she could give himTanmay Bhat Gursimran Khamba Rohan Joshi of AIBTo Arnab with loveWhats a bit of satire between friends mdash however biting Word comes in that the infamous AIB the group of funnymen led by comedian Tanmay Bhat are planning their next social media satire video And this time their target is their old friend Arnab Goswami and his new channel AIB had previously appeared on Goswamis show on his earlier channel and had even featured in one of their previous videosArnab GoswamiThe teaser of the new enterprise posted on social media referred to Goswamis channel as Propganda along with the subhead To the Sarkar For the Sarkar By the Sarkar and parodied its tag line with Please Maintain Noise And when twitterati pointed out the old friendship the funny men responded saying Goswami could take a joke and this was only satire The nation would love to knowhellipRitu Beri with family in Paris and right with family and friends in IbizaThe hippy shakeAs a wise man on the inside track of the fashion biz once said hang on to your clothes as theyll be back in style before you know itNothing exemplifies this better than the latest Boho trend thats sweeping the fashion conscious world even as we speak long hippy dresses floral prints whimsical hats and Woodstock sandals Its all come back wrapped in handknitted purses and love beadsAnd if theres anyone who has embraced her inner soul sister with more enthusiasm its Delhi designer Ritu Beri who for the past few weeks has been hitting the traditional hot spots of Europe like Paris Venice and Ibiza along with husband Bobby Chadha and daughter Gia and a few friends sporting her flower child avatarClicked at Ibizas Hippy market the group made a pretty picture right down to the Spanish fans and battered leather holdallExcept of course the whole point of dressing down for the hippies was to express their rejection of capitalist values and their fashion and lifestyle diktatsNevertheless you got to admit that it makes for attractive pictureshellipSapna BhavnaniTrailblazer down underShes always been a trailblazer and an outspoken defender of womens rights and now word comes in that celebrity hairstylist John Abraham and MS Dhoni and Salman Khan baiter on Bigg Boss Sapna Bhavnani is currently in Sydney where she features in the Bakehouse Theatre Companys international coproduction inspired by the daughters of sexworkers in Kamathipura JatingaBhavnani whose recent journeys have taken her towards selfrealisation leading her to yoga and the sarod is said to have played a key role in the development of the project which began in Mumbai When Jatingas director Suzanne Miller had conducted a workshop and asked all the participants to sketch a character from a village scene that they could relate to Bhavnani had sketched an elderly woman which had got her a role in the venture and the freedom to write the part herself I have been living with this old lady for a while she said on the eve of the plays world premiere this week