These include Shah Rukh Khan, Farhan Akhtar, Aamir Khan, R Madhavan and Anupam Kher amongst others, reported Hindustan Times.
Sporting a detailed gold sherwani, Trudeau impressed all with his adoration for India. Not just him, his family too turned up in traditional wear - wife Sophie wore a cream-coloured embroidered sari with matching pearl earrings and maang tika while daughter Ella donned a lehenga choli and Xavier, a kurta churidar.
Tonight, we celebrated stronger ties & new co-production opportunities between Bollywood and the Canadian Film Industry. And who better to help than @iamsrk himself... Great to meet you! 🇮🇳🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/1OcwsA9lMS
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) February 20, 2018
Tweeting about his meet, Trudeau wrote, “Tonight, we celebrated stronger ties & new co-production opportunities between Bollywood and the Canadian Film Industry. And who better to help than @iamsrk himself... Great to meet you!”
It was such a pleasure to meet the Canadian Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau & his family. What a charming & great conversationalist he is. Talked about people, culture and of course cinema.:) #Canada #India #lndianCinema #BendItLikeBeckham #SilverLiningsPlaybook pic.twitter.com/YqQO5qOdoB
— Anupam Kher (@AnupamPKher) February 20, 2018
Anupam Kher tweeted, “It was such a pleasure to meet the Canadian Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau & his family. What a charming & great conversationalist he is. Talked about people, culture and of course cinema.:) #Canada #India #lndianCinema #BendItLikeBeckham #SilverLiningsPlaybook.”
Was an honour & a pleasure to meet the Hon. Prime Minister of Canada, @JustinTrudeau & his lovely wife, Sophie.
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) February 20, 2018
Sir, your leadership in the discourse for ending gender discrimination serves as constant inspiration to us all. pic.twitter.com/BfzrEsL6wB
Actor-director Farhan Akhtar was also delighted to meet the Canadian PM, stating, “Was an honour & a pleasure to meet the Hon. Prime Minister of Canada, @JustinTrudeau & his lovely wife, Sophie. Sir, your leadership in the discourse for ending gender discrimination serves as constant inspiration to us all.”
@JustinTrudeau such a pleasure and honour meeting you sir. Your relatability, grace and charm was most endearing and its easy to see why you are the Pride and toast of Canada.Have a lovely rest of the tour.🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/yNpZV6l4Vo
— Ranganathan Madhavan (@ActorMadhavan) February 21, 2018
Madhavan was floored by the “grace and charm” of the Canadian PM. “@JustinTrudeau such a pleasure and honour meeting you sir. Your relatability, grace and charm was most endearing and its easy to see why you are the Pride and toast of Canada.Have a lovely rest of the tour,” he tweeted.
During his visit, he saw the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad as well as the Swaminarayan Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar.
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