Aishwarya Rai Bachchan gets offer from Ban ki-Moon to work on UN's girl child campaign
It's over a week since UN secretary general Ban ki-Moon left Mumbai, but social circles are abuzz with speculation of a supposed interaction between Ban and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at the power dinner hosted by Neeta Ambani at her Cuffe Parade residence Antilla in honour of the UN chief and his wife Yoo Soon-Taek.
Although the invitees included several famous names from the film industry, including Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao, Karisma Kapoor, Raveena Tandon and husband Anil Thadani, Farhan Akhtar, Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar, Anil Kapoor, Raju Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, and Leander Paes, those privy to the ongoings have hinted at Ban's keenness to launch a global awareness campaign to make the lives of several girl children and their mothers better - especially in light of the high rate of female infant mortality.
Insiders say that Ban, in fact, delivered a perfect Marathi introduction to his speech, "Mulgi shikli ki pragati zhali" (If a daughter learns, it leads to progress). While the attempt at Marathi earned him a roaring applause from the high-profile guests, Ban was seen interacting one-on-one with Ash, who attended the round table conference before the grand dinner party.
Ash is believed to have accepted Ban's offer of working with the United Nation's campaign on bringing awareness about the girl child. In fact, Ash is said to have interacted with Dr Margaret Chan, director general, World Health Organisation; Geeta Rao Gupta, deputy executive director, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund; Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director, United Nations Population Fund, and others.
Another extremely ardent audience to Ban's speech was actor Anil Kapoor.
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