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SRK and Anushka walk for Manish Malhotra at the Mijwan 2017 fashion show
Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma walked for Manish Malhotra at the Mijwan Fashion show.
Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma walked for good friend Manish Malhotra at the Mijwan 2017 fashion show in Mumbai today. The charity show saw many Bollywood stars including Kajol, Sridevi, Huma Qureshi, Sooraj Pancholi and others.Show-stopper SRK spoke to the audience saying that he was thrilled to be a part of the show. He congratualted Shabana Azmi and the organizers for putting together such a spectacular show for a good cause.
Named after a village in Uttar Pradesh, NGO Mijwan Welfare Society, founded by Shabana's late father Kaifi Azmi was launched with the goal of creating employment opportunities for women, and reviving the art of chikankari embroidery. The NGO is now headed by Shabana along with Naresh Goyal's daughter Namrata.
Shabana Azmi mentioned that she is thankful to Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma for agreeing to walk the ramp in creations by craftswomen who are a part of her NGO Mijwan Welfare Society. "We've had the fortune of all the stars walking for us -- right from Amitabh Bachchan to Sidharth Malhotra. The only person left was Shah Rukh. I am extremely thankful to him for having agreed to walk the ramp for Mijwan... Anushka Sharma is someone I consider a part of Mijwan family, " she said.
The 66-year-old actress says Anushka is committed to the cause of empowerment of women and the girl child. "She feels very strongly about it... I am thankful to both the stars," Shabana added. "The people in the village are so excited because this is their passport to international fame now that Shah Rukh Khan is going to wear something that is being crafted by them," she said.
She was also all praises for Manish. She said, "Mijwan Summer 2017 is Manish Malhotra at his best... There's a lot of his very glamorous stuff that basically has chikankari from Mijwan women, and then it has been glamourized with a lot of sequins work because that is the style internationally. It has also has a blend of new... He has a lot of shoulderless clothes for the younger generation."
