Imran Khan & Avantika Malik
Imran Khan & Avantika Malik
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Satya Paul hosted a fine evening to celebrate womanhood at the ITC Grand Cental Hotel this week. The occasion was the unveiling of Anjanna Kuthiala’s paintings which are portraits of women achievers.

Imran Khan, Anjanna Kuthiala & Dalip Tahil
Imran Khan, Anjanna Kuthiala & Dalip Tahil
Vandana Malik, Imran Khan & Anjanna Kuthiala
Vandana Malik, Imran Khan & Anjanna Kuthiala
Vandana Malik with Imran Khan and Chaya Momaya
Vandana Malik with Imran Khan and Chaya Momaya

There was also a fashion show where all these spectacular ladies walked down the ramp while their friends and family cheered for them. The highlight of my evening was catching a glimpse of Imran Khan ( yay… my first time) who came with his wife Avantika Malik to unveil Anjanna’s painting of his mother-in-law Vandana Malik. The whole family including Avatika’s brother, Vedant (a really cute aspiring actor) cheered on as Vandana walked the ramp.

Pria Kataria Puri & Princess Diya
Pria Kataria Puri & Princess Diya
Imran Khan with the ladies, Pria Kataria Puri & Anjanna Kuthiala
Imran Khan with the ladies, Pria Kataria Puri & Anjanna Kuthiala

Imran and Avantika looked totally in love (with PDAs to reinforce their affection) as they basked in all the attention. Imran joked about how Avantika’s mom agreed with him more than his wife did and that made her extra special.

Imran Khan with Saba, Pria and Princess Diya, Pria Kataria Puri
Imran Khan with Saba, Pria and Princess Diya, Pria Kataria Puri
Pria Kataria Puri with Vandana Malik
Pria Kataria Puri with Vandana Malik

I love that he was so sweet to the media (starry airs are so last century) and even posed for like a million photos with all the lovely ladies.

Renuka Singh, Simran Raheja & Sona Goyal
Renuka Singh, Simran Raheja & Sona Goyal
Saba Ali Khan
Saba Ali Khan

I had a lovely little chat with Vandana Malik who told me how totally proud she felt when everyone referred to her as Imran’s mum in-law. And, coz it was all about art, I have to confess that my personal favorite was this painting of Saba Ali Khan (Saif and Soha Ali Khan‘s sis) who’s just so warm and sweet and elegant.

Jyoti Mohan Narula & Dalip Tahil
Jyoti Mohan Narula & Dalip Tahil
Pria Kataria Puri, Vandana Malik & Princess Diya
Pria Kataria Puri, Vandana Malik & Princess Diya
The stage for the preview is set!
The stage for the preview is set!

Princess Diya Kumari of Jaipur looked mesmerizing in a red and blue signature Satya Paul saree as she unveiled her painting.

Anjanna Kuthiala
Anjanna Kuthiala
Ashok Pradhan & Rajnish Kuthiala
Ashok Pradhan & Rajnish Kuthiala

Pria Kataria Puri (who was also immortalized on canvas) looked like a million bucks in a hot red saree as she spoke to me about her sense of style. I wish Imran had stayed longer though so we could feast our eyes some more on the most gorgeous guy ever.

Anjanna Kuthiala & Shweta Tiwari
Anjanna Kuthiala & Shweta Tiwari
Anuroopa Bose & Anukant Dubey
Anuroopa Bose & Anukant Dubey
A tribute to women!
A tribute to women!
Vandana Malik & Anjanna Kuthiala with Imran Khan & Avantika Malik
Vandana Malik & Anjanna Kuthiala with Imran Khan & Avantika Malik
Pradeep Hirani
Pradeep Hirani
Pria Kataria Puri, Anjanna Kuthiala
Pria Kataria Puri, Anjanna Kuthiala

Spotted: Dalip Tahil, Princess Diya Kumari of Jaipur, Saba Ali Khan, Sona Goyal, Poonam Sethi, Sakshee Pradhan, Chaya Momaya, Sangeeta Mehta (Assamese dancer of national repute) and Shweta Tiwari (Gauri Khan’s sister-in-law).