Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone walk hand in hand as showstoppers for Manish Malhotra; see pics
Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor
The former real-life couple walked for Manish Malhotra's ‘The Walk of Mijwan’ fashion show on April 19.
Bollywood stars Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor set the stage on fire on Thursday, April 19 as they walked hand in hand as showstoppers for ace designer Manish Malhotra for the 2018 Mijwan Fashion Show.
A celebrated on-screen couple who was once together as real-life lovers too walked the ramp with effortless grace while donning beautiful designs by Malhotra. The fashion show, like every year, was organised by Shabana Azmi’s NGO, Mijwan Welfare society. It was the ninth edition of the walk this year.
Deepika was seen wearing a glistening ivory-white contemporary lehenga that was embellished with heavy work and a feathery trail while Ranbir donned a black and white bandhgala - both traditional ensembles designed by Malhotra.
Malhotra had earlier told IANS, “It gives me immense pleasure to share that Ranbir and Deepika will be walking the ramp for Mijwan, a project very close to my heart, on April 19 at JW Marriott. I am really glad that both Ranbir and Deepika’s health allows them to walk for my show. We are excited to showcase our design direction for Summer 2018 spotlighting the art of Chikankari. Both actors truly embody the global-Indian appeal that the collection stands for.”
The show was initially supposed to be held on April 9, however, it was postponed to April 19 as both Deepika and Ranbir had fallen ill.
Bollywood celebrities came out to support the cause wearing their best traditional attires. Amongst some spotted were Shabana Azmi, Javed Akhtar, Mouni Roy, Neetu Kapoor, Kriti Kharbanda, Poonam Dhillon, Saqib Saleem, Pulkit Samrat, Yami Gautam, Sonali Bendre, Nushrat Bharucha, Rahul Bose and many others.
Speaking about the show, Ranbir Kapoor said, “We, the young people of India, need to turn our attention towards rural India and focus on empowering the girl child. My sister Riddhima and I were raised as equals and I want every girl and boy to be treated equally. To my young friends, I say ‘Be the Change you wish to see in the world. You can do it and your time starts now’.”
Mijwan Welfare Society was started by actor Shabana Azmi to realise her father Kaifi Azmi’s dreams. 'Walk of Mijwan'fashion show is held annually to showcase the fashion label associated with this welfare society.