She is known for hosting the who’s who of the world on her talk show, and on her maiden visit to India, the American television mogul and talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey, was greeted by top-notch Indian socialites and Bollywood glitterati at a private party, reports IANS. Winfrey sported an orange sari, silver bangles and lots of Indian accessories for the occasion.
The party saw an impressive number of people from B-Town, and also saw others like novelist Shobhaa De and jewellery designer Farah Khan Ali. From tinseltown, film-makers Ashutosh Gowariker and Rajkumar Hirani as well as actors Anupam Kher, his son Sikander Kher, Abhishek Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra, Shilpa Shetty with hubby Raj Kundra, Abhay Deol with actor-girlfriend Preeti Desai, Lara Dutta, Dino Morea, Sameera Reddy, Kalki Koechlin, Kangna Ranaut, Anil Kapoor and Imran Khan were in attendance for the high profile party.
Though none of the celebrities stopped to interact with the media before entering the party, some took to Twitter to share their excitement upon meeting the 57-year-old icon.
Heavily pregnant actor Lara was quite upbeat about being in the company of Winfrey, as well as her Don 2: The King Is Back co-star Shahrukh. “@Oprah and @iamsrk, two people I absolutely adore. Thank you for making my day! Now can go into labour happily,” posted Dutta.
Meanwhile, Preity Zinta tweeted, “Tonight was dinner at the Godrej House with Oprah Winfrey. Nice to see her wearing a beautiful sari.”
Meeting the Bachchans
Before the party, Winfrey went to visit the Bachchan residence to meet Abhishek and Aishwarya’s two month-old daughter. The job was among her priority list upon her arrival. The Bachchan-Oprah connection goes back to 2005, when Aishwarya made her first appearance on the “The Oprah Winfrey Show”. Again in 2009, she was invited with her hubby Abhishek to the show.
Amitabh, along with Abhishek and Aishwarya drove her to the party after her over-an hour-long stay at their residence.
Winfrey is in India primarily to shoot for her new show “Next Chapter”, which will see her travelling around the world and interviewing celebrities.
(With additional information from indiatoday.intoday.in, BBC and IANS)
Published in The Express Tribune, January 18th, 2012.
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@Raj Yes, if hafiz saeed gives a go ahead for the interview.
Don't hold your breath on that!!
Will she stop over in Pakistan after her trip to India?