Article on SPA2009

Held at Goregaon Film City in Mumbai, the stars were out in full effect, scorching the red carpet with their glamourous outfits and charm. Mohit Malik and Aditi Shirwaikar caught up with them before they entered the arena, finding out their expectations of the awards and all the inside gossip.

Bollywood too made an appearance at the telly star-studded event in the form of Rock On! actor Arjun Rampal. Talking about his presence at the event, Arjun said, "It feels great to be a part of the Star Parivaar Awards. I'm here because I do watch Star Plus and all the Star actors are really good. A lot of people have been nominated for these awards and I'm eager to know who is going to bag awards in which category."

Once inside, the curtain raiser was a dance act on the title track of Star Plus, the title song of Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai and Yeh Kisna Hai from the film Kissna. Star's hit characters such as Rajashri (Lata Saberwal), Vishambarnath (Sanjeev Seth), Daadi (Vineeta Malik), Dhaniya (Sunita Rajwar), Sadhana (Sara Khan), Ragini (Parul Chauhan), Ranbir (Kinshuk Mahajan) and Alekh (Angad Hasija) all showed off their moves, bring together the oldest as well the youngest members of the parivaar. The Baa Bahu Aur Baby family also entertained with their superb dancing to the song Emotional Atiyachar from the film Dev D.

Hosting the show were the Parul Chauhan and Sara Khan in the first half, with Sara's onscreen partner Angad Hasija (aka Alekh) taking over from Chauhan in the latter part. The girls looked stunning in their elegant sarees.