New Delhi, Thursday May 7, 2009

HOW WILL I ‘MAKE UP’ FOR IT? At the birthday bash heldat Nasha, starlet Payal Rohatgi was really concerned if her

dark circles were showing in the photographs taken Party 3

We’re glass-mates: (L-R) Karan and Kapil Grover with Aman Dhall

It was time for a doublecelebration as Grover

Vineyards marked itstwentieth anniversarywhile French ambassador JérômeBonnafont conferredmedals of honour on its founder KanwalGrover (Officier duMerité Agricole) anddirector Kapil Grover(Chevalier de l’OrdreNational du Merité).Wine also got an artytinge with the launch of Grover Wines’ ArtCollection, which haswine labels designed by artists SanjayBhattacharya, JatinDas, Paresh Maity,among others.

At the French Embassy,Chanakyapuri.

Those seen enjoying theevening over glasses ofwine were designersTarun Tahiliani andRitu Kumar, artistsJatin Das and PareshMaity, and wine makerMichel Rolland.

— HTC

The launch of Swamsidha, a soloexhibition by artist Seema Kohli.

It was then followed by the launch ofa book titled Swamsidha authored by Dr Alka Pande.

The Rabinder Bhawan at Lalit KalaAkedemi, saw senior artists andfriends of the atist, troop in to wish her luck and appreciate her beautiful artworks.

Besides the host, Tripat Kalara,others present at the event includedParesh Maity, Rahul Jain, SanjoyGopi Gajwani and Payal Jain among others. — HTC

The launch of MidivalPunditz’ latest album

titled Hello Hello, startedwith a fab performance.

In association with Shalom,the gig marked the first leg

of their multi-city tour.

At Shalom, Vasant Vihar

Just when the thumping acthelmed by Gaurav Raina andTapan Raj with Karsh Kaleon percussion and AngaraagPapon Mahanta (Papon) onvocals, started pushing thecrowd into a tizzy, cops cameknocking. The show (shiftedindoors later) was attended by Manish Arora, AparnaChandra and Sapna Kumar.

— Himadree

FOOD● Mango specialties including

mango cheese cake, freshmango cake, mango tart andother goodies at New TownPastry Shop, Park Plaza, B Block,Ph I Sushant Lok, Gurgaon, Tel:95124-4100555.

● New summer menu in Chinese,Continental and Mughlai, atSeasons 24x7, Hotel Vikram,Ring Road, Lajpat Nagar, Tel:46515151.

● Unlimited dim sums and jasminetea, at Yum Yum Tree, first floor,Community Centre, New FriendsColony, Tel: 42602020. Price Rs 499 + tax per head.

● Special IPL offer — predict thematch winner and win a dinnerfor two, at Chilli Seasons, 47,Defence Colony Main Market,

Tel: 24618358, 24643362. ● Iced teas in orange, peach and

more flavours, at Full Circleoutlets — 5B, Khan Market, Tel:24655641/2/3; N8, GK-I, Tel:29245641/2/3; 8 NizamuddinEast Market, Near Community

Centre, Tel: 41826124.● Enjoy IPL with unlimited snacks

and beer at Bonsai B49, InnerCircle, Connaught Place. Tel:43652240, 9810795236.

● Kababs & Koolers along withsmoothies, at Lodhi - The GardenRestaurant, Lodhi Road, opp.Mausam Bhawan, Tel: 24652808.During lunch and dinner hours.

ART● An exhibition of paintings by

various artists at Krishna’ sCollection Art Gallery, D47,Defence Colony. Tel: 24330226,24627138/42. On till May 10.

● Affordable Bengal Art, anexhibition of paintings byvarious artists, At Zaza Space,25-26, Zamrudpur CommunityCentre, Tel: 23414666. On till May10, 11 am to 6. 30 pm.

● The eternal circle , an exhibitionof paintings by Baljit Chadha,DLF Place, Saket, Tel: 23414666.On till May 10, 11 am to 10 pm.

● Gallery Collection, a showofsculpturesand paintingsatDhoomimal’s City Gallery,

No. 5, below Safdarjung Flyover,near Safdarjung Airport,Aurobindo Marg, Tel: 23414666.On till May 20, 11 am to 7 pm.

● An exhibition of paintings by MFHusain and Prabhakar Kolte, atThreshold Art Gallery, F 213/A,Lado Sarai, Tel: 41829181,46037985. On till June 1, 11 am to7 30 pm.

OTHER● Karna,a dance drama, directed

by Shobha Deepak Singh, as partof the Shriram Bharatiya KalaKendra ballet festival. KamaniAuditorium, Copernicus Marg,Mandi House, Tel: 43503351.Today, at 7 pm.

● Tasting n Toasting, a show ofwines and chocolate, at DLFPlace, Saket, Tel : 9871793335. Onall month, 11.30 am to 8. 30 pm.

Authentic Mughlai food andsoulful romantic ghazals atMarbella’s, Tivoli GardenHotel, Chattarpur, Tel:9899563557. From 7 pm.

Memorial musical concert byUstad F Wasifuddin Dagar &Pt Ronu Majumdar, at IIC,Lodhi Estate. Today, 6.30 pm.

YEAR IT COMESYEAR IT COMES What

Nasha Terrace at 426, MG Road

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Those who weren’t there missed onehelluva rocking bash. Doubling upthe fun people had after downingdrinks from the bar, was DJ Iggywho spinned pulsating mixes to helpeveryone groove. Though Khurmanike kebab, grilled lobsters withmango and basil marmalade, anelaborate Sushi/Sashimi bar andcrab cakes served with sambalsauce were on the menu, dal makhniproved to be the hit. Among thosepresent at the bash were Alka andMohnish Bali, Payal Rohatgi, AtulWasan, Pooja Nayyar, ShibaniKashyap and Mandira Wirk withhubby Hardip.

— Zabeeh Afaque

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Sammir S Gogia mustn’t havechosen that windy an evening to bring in his birthday! The

bash that upped mercury levels on a Saturday night, had rain drops and blaring music for company.

Host & found: Sammir S Gogia

Check out my rock: PoojaGogia

Jab eye met you: Shibani Kashyap (R) chatsup a friend

Let’s rub shoulders: Atul Wasan and NavneetKalra (R)

On the flower: ShivanginiPeshoria

Nazukcurly: Payal Rohatgi

Gal do pal: Ramneek Pantaland Puja Nayyar (R)

In a colour-fulmood:Sumant Jayakrishnan

Lemmework it out:Karsh Kale

Gandhiji ke teen...? Tunvey, Sonu and Kitty

Wine goes colourful

Electromagnetism

What’s with the dress?Shivani Wazir Pasrich

Pose control:Shriji ArvindSinghMewar ofUdaipur andRitu Kumar

In the foldmould:Tarun Tahilianiwith NishaGrover

I sari-nder:Sonal Mansingh

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Homme bonhomie: (L-R) Gaurav Raina,Sameer Seth, Dheeraj Arora and Tapan Raj

Ladies’ club: (L-R) Payal Puri, Saba Hasan, Ankita Verma, Gina Brezini and Nupur Kundu; (top right) Seema Kohli

Red bulls: Amrish Kumar (L) and ManishArora

Artistic double whammy

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