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An evening in Durban

Saadia S Dhailey

South Africa India Film and Television Awards (SAIFTA) held at Durban had Bollywood and TV stars attending the event.
The red carpet had everyone from Ranveer Singh, Amy Fernandes, Siddharth Malhotra, Mukesh Bhatt, Waheeda Rehman, Abhay Deol to telly stars like Manish Paul, Mona Singh, Apurva and Shilpa Agnihotri, Ravi Dubey, Sargun Mehta walking down it. The award finale witnessed performances by Priyanka Chopra and Madhuri Dixit while Karan Johar along with Dia Mirza, Tatum Keshwar and Simba were the hosts for the evening.
Some of the winners included Barfi (Film of the Year), Siddharth Malhotra (Best Male Debut) for Student of the Year and Huma Qureshi (Best Female Debut) for Gangs of Wasseypur, Abhishek Kapoor (Director of the Year) for Kai Po Che, while Tum Hi Ho from Aashiqui 2 received the Popular Song of the Year award. Some special awards included John Abraham for Youth Icon of the year (South Africa), On the TV front, Pavitra Rishta was awarded Show of the Year, while Gurmeet Choudhary was adjudged Lead Actor of the Year - Male and Kratika Sengar from Punar Vivaah won the Lead Actor - Female.