Oprah meets Bollywood, visits slum

Oprah meets Bollywood, visits slum
Thursday, January 19, 2012 13:41 IST
By Santa Banta News Network
American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey is in India for a week and it seems that the country, especially Bollywood, is going gaga over her.

Within few hours of arriving in Mumbai, Oprah headed towards the Bachchan residence, perhaps to meet the new arrival in the Bachchan family. After spending an hour there, superstar Amitabh Bachchan himself drove the lady to a private party hosted in her honor by acclaimed Indian socialite Parmeshwar Godrej.

Clad in a beautiful orange saree, believed to be gifted and then draped by Aishwarya, Oprah was accompanied by the entire Bachchan clan including son Abhishek and mother Jaya.

The party saw almost every big celebrity of tinsel town including Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Priety Zinta, Lara Dutta, Shilpa Shetty, Anil Kapoor, Imran Khan, Neha Dhupia, Sameera Reddy, Hrithik Roshan, Kangna Ranaut, Dino Morea, Ashutosh Gowariker, Javed Akhtar along with wife Shabana Azmi and children Farhan and Zoya Akhtar, Arjun Rampal among others.

Also present were novelist Shobha De, business tycoon Anil Ambani along with wife Tina Ambani and jewelry designer Farah Khan Ali etc.

Although, the stars refrained themselves from media during the party, however, many of them took to twitter to express their greetings and excitement.

"The gracious Oprah Winfrey visits our home, to meet us and bless the baby... warm hearted, endearing... drive her to the party in her honour. And Oprah in sari.. looking lovely!!, " Amitabh Bachchan wrote on twitter.

Mom-to-be Lara Dutta went one step ahead and even posted a picture of her along with Shahrukh Khan and Oprah. She tweeted "@Oprah and @iamsrk, two people I absolutely adore! Thankyou for making my day! Now can go into labour happily!, "

"Tonight was dinner at the Godrej House with Oprah Winfrey. Nice to see her wear a beautiful Sari. Also nice to see Ash out after so long!, ", said Priety Zinta.

Shobha De in her ever so sarcastic style tweeted, "Oprah conquers Mumbai! SRK tells her she is the biggest star in India. Country's A-list queues up for pics with sari-clad celeb. O is WOW!".

"Butterflies in my stomach as I get ready to meet my inspiration @Oprah. Did not feel this way even when I met my first boyfriend haha, " jewelery designer Farah Khan Ali tweeted.

On the other hand, the ‘lady in focus' tweeted, "@FarahKhanAli was so great meeting you and all the beautiful Bollywooders. Directors, poets, screenwriters, what a nite!" and "@FarahKhanAli just opened your gift.. WOW! What a fun nite, eh?.

On Tuesday, Winfrey toured a slum in the Colaba neighborhood close to the Taj Palace hotel where she is staying. This visit was an endeavor to get a broad view of all facets of the country.

The traffic came to a standstill and people gathered to see the lady even though when many of them didn't know who she actually was.

She was taken around by Gregory David Roberts, the Australian author best known for his novel Shantaram in which he talks about the tumultuous life in Mumbai.

Oprah is in India for her new show ‘Oprah's Next Chapter' in which she would travel around the world, interviewing celebrities, news-makers and others.

In India, she would interview the internationally acclaimed writer and public speaker and spiritual guru Dr. Deepak Chopra. Apparently, a part of her show would be shot at Taj Mahal and Agra Fort.

Oprah is also expected to visit the upcoming Jaipur Literary Festival commencing from Jan 20.
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