Song, dance and good cheer

Our nephew businessman and DJ Karan Bhojwani celebrated his marriage to model Liza Golden from New York this weekend and the exuberant Bhojwanis namely our sister Deveika and brotherinlaw industrialist and musician Suresh made quite a song and dance of it LiterallyOver a long and highspirited brunch at Amadeus there was music short heartfelt speeches and many golden oldies belted out by the likes of the hosts music icon Biddu and Ash Chandler including a specially composed song written and sung by Lizarsquos new inlaws to welcome her in to the fold What struck most guests was the simplicity and sincerity of the occasionAmitabh Abhishek and Jaya Bachchan and right Karan and Liza BhojwaniNo band baja baraat no lehengas that weigh a ton and no rites and rituals except those that sprung straight from the heartSangeeta and Sajjan JindalWhatrsquos best of all is that everyone in the room from Jaya Amitabh and Abhisek Bachchan Yasmin and Azim Premji Sajjan and Sangita Jindal Kabir Bedi Chirayu and Malika Amin Zarine and Akbar Khan Dilshad Sheikh Kavita Singh Byram Jejeebhoy Vijay and Smita Crishna Sandeep Khosla Bansari and Rajesh Shah Fahad Samar Sumant Jaikrishnan Meena to Suresh Raheja Ashok Kurien Queenie Singh and many more were all there because of their genuine connect to the family Move over big fat Indian weddingYoursquove just had a serious makeover this weekThe Shape of Things to ComeSaturday night saw the launch of The Residencersquo Provenance Land and Four Seasons Hotels amp Resorts unveiling of the Four Seasons Private Residences Mumbai said to be Indiarsquos firstever hotel branded residences and Provenance Landrsquos MD Adarsh Jatiarsquos dream projectAshok Reena Wadhwa Shilpi and Adarsh JatiaTo be occupied by December 2018 and designed by a phalanx of international talent like awardwinning American architectural firm Gensler each of the 26 apartments in the 55storey tower is said to be created with the promise of cuttingedge contemporary livingAnd oohing and ahhing over the bespoke furniture the Chemould Art gallery curated Indian contemporary masters on the walls and Bangkokrsquos P Landscape created serene private terrace gardens were the likes of Yohan and Michelle Poonawalla Ashok and Reena Wadhwa Devita Saraf Dino Morea Ashiesh Shah Samantha Nayyar and Boman Rustom Irani to name a fewWith his exquisite wife Shilpi by his side Adarsh Jatia played the impeccable host as he ushered in the shape of things to come for Mumbairsquos upscale residentsMore understated eleganceElegance and understatement once again defined the Bajaj reception to celebrate the wedding of Nirav Bajaj to Sheetal the couple had got married in Jodhpur recently and parents Minal and Niraj had hosted their family and friends for an elegant sit down dinnerSaryu Doshi Bakul Patel and Sharad PawarWe spotted political heavyweight Sharad Pawar grande dames Bakul Patel and Saryu Doshi musicians Zila Khan and Anu Malik industrialists Rahul Bajaj Harsh Mariwala and Suketu Shah management guru Sid Khanna banker Uday Kotak and entertainment and media mavens Sameer Nair and Rael Padamsee among many other thought leaders partaking of the hospitalityAs expected the food was divine the Japanese mushrooms were the talk of the evening the proceedings were tasteful and muted and the Bajajrsquos were at their gracious bestRIP Chef MorganSad news from Goa The handsome chef Morgan Reinforth responsible for the fabulous food at Morjimrsquos beach restaurant La Plage has been killed in a road accident allegedly by a drunk driverWe had met the soft spoken and handsome young Frenchman at his restaurant Le Soleil at the Sula festival in Nashik not even a month agoAs expected the tragic news has left many of his friends and admirers like Rajeev Samantha and Malini and Rahul Akerker lsquoutterly devastatedrsquoRIP Morgan and our condolences to the La Plage family And hope this makes authorities sit up and take action to make Goarsquos killer roads safe and accident freeMatch made in heavenOK so for those saddened and confused by the news of the recent Bollywood break up of a handsome producer hero and his spunky stylish wife herersquos some more befuddlementThe husband whose name has been linked to not one or two but three beautiful young actresses is actually said to be contemplating moving in with a fourthThis one appears to be most like him in edgy cerebral and creative worldview and has herself emerged from a long marriage with another talented directorA match made in heaven Appears soBillionaire BravadoldquoThe worldrsquos a funny place as many tycoons as there are banging on the door frantically to be included in lsquoBillionaire listsrsquo there are just as many trying to have themselves removed from themrdquoIt was our Oolong teaserving hostess newly returned from a fat farm in Europe the one favoured by lsquooctogenarian oligarchsrsquoHuh We said the OTFSH is known to make declamatory statements like this and sees the listenerrsquos role as one of offering cuesldquoDarling Itrsquos inverse snobberyrsquo she said shooting us her famous withering glance lsquoWhat kind of list would I want to be in that holds the likes of mersquo as Karl Marx had saidrdquo she saidldquoClub not list Groucho not Karl But yes fortunately we too know of a few billionaires who loathe being identified as such But who wants to get in to the listsrdquoldquoMany othersrdquo said the OTFSH ldquoThey petition the editors of biz glossies and say things like ldquoWe have jewelry worth 350 million dollars in our vault Can that be counted in too mdash so we make the graderdquoOh dear we said that desperateYep said the OTFSH ldquoSo naff nardquoYes we repeated lsquoso naff narsquo and took our leave but not before we heard her say ldquoBoy Zara tea ke liye hot water lao pleaserdquo