Ajab award ki ghazab kahani

THE RIGHT FOCUS: Katrina Kaif was in the city recently to receive an award. ASSOCHAM (The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India) honoured her with the 2009 Excellence in Performing Arts award. The award was to be given to her in December 2009, as a part of the ASSOCHAM programme, Focus, but Katz fell ill, so the event was delayed.
KATRINA KO GUSSA KYUN AAYA? Forget fashionably late, the actress was nowhere to be seen for two and a half hours. And there was no dearth of speculation. At the ceremony, we had heard that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would present the award. But later, the guests (and Katrina too) were informed she would not come. “Mrs Vadra has not been able to join us as she is still in Rae Bareilly,” said Swati A Piramal, president, ASSOCHAM. Aur humne yeh sab suna – ‘Katrina naraaz ho gayi hai, kyunki Priyanka nahin aa rahi. And that’s why she isn’t even turning up to receive the award’, ‘Kisi aur ke haath se nahin lena chahti hai, shayad’...
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: After the
prolonged delay, Katrina finally arrived.
Sujata Dev
said with a smile, “It was our love for her that made us impatiently wait for her.” Katz accepted the award, along with a Patola scarf presented to her by Piramal, as ASSOCHAM is helping weavers connect to the market. In her acceptance speech, Katz said that she was happy to have received the award and was glad to know that ASSOCHAM is taking an initiative for weavers and women entrepreneurs. Guess, all’s well that ends well.
SPOTTED: Sandeep Marwah, Ajay Sharma, Varun Aggarwal, Rahull Sharma, DS Rawat, Pradeep Minocha, Sujata Dev, Ratnadeep Lal