Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Farhan Akhtar and Ranbir Kapoor walked the ramp for Manish Malhotra’s charity show
Manish Malhotra recently presented Men for Mijwan, a fashion show in support of the Mijwan Welfare Society. Some of the biggest stars took to the ramp at the Grand Hyatt, Mumbai, for the NGO founded by Kaifi Azmi and headed by Shabana Azmi and Namrata Goyal.
The Mijwan Welfare Society’s association with Manish goes back to 2009, when Mijwan Sonnets in Fabric was held for the first time. Today, the partnership has further deepened into a bond of love, weaving threads of change.
This year the show witnessed leading men from the film fraternity, including Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Farhan Akhtar, Ranbir Kapoor and Siddharth Malhotra, coming together to support the cause. Eminent personalities like Jaya Bachchan, Neetu Kapoor, Urmila Matondkar, Dia Mirza, Sonali Bendre and Goldie Behl, Aditi Rao Hydari, Kalki Koechlin, Sushmita Sen, Kajol, Tanisha Mukherjee, Javed Akhtar, Reena and Ashok Wadhwa, Sonakshi Sinha, Richa Chaddha, Diana Penty, Parineeti Chopra, Prateik Babbar, Yami Gautam, Vidya Malvade, Queenie Singh, Chaya Momaya, Zeba Kohli, Atul Kasbekar, Parizaad Zorabian occupied the front row.
The evening commenced with a brief introduction to the concept of Mijwan narrated by Sophie Choudary. Sona Mohapatra sang Bekhauf Azad Rehna Mujhe to dedicate the evening to the Mijwan girls. Ranbir Kapoor also spoke on the auspicious occasion.
Manish adopted the Kaifi Azmi Sewing and Embroidery Centre in Mijwan four years ago to help generate employment opportunities for women there.