Lovely meeting beautiful Bollywooders: Winfrey
January 17th, 2012 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) International talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, who is in India to shoot for her new show, is all praise for Bollywood celebrities after meeting them at a party hosted in her honour by socialite Parmeshwar Godrej.
“Was so great meeting you and all the beautiful Bollywooders. Directors, poets, screenwriters, what a nite!” the 57-year-old wrote on her Twitter page.
On her maidan visit to India, Winfrey got a warm welcome from Indian socialites and Bollywood celebrities like megastar Amitabh Bachchan, superstar Shah Rukh Khan, and Aishwarya Rai at the party.
The guest list also included filmmakers Ashutosh Gowariker and Rajkumar Hirani, actors Anupam Kher, his son Sikander Kher, Abhishek Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra, Shilpa Shetty with husband Raj Kundra, Abhay Deol with actress-girlfriend Preeti Desai, Lara Dutta, Dino Morea, Sameera Reddy, Kalki Koechlin, Kangna Ranaut, Anil Kapoor and Imran Khan.
Before going for the party, Winfrey went to the Bachchan residence Jalsa to meet Abhishek and Aishwarya’s two-month-old daughter, nicknamed Beti B.
Oprah is in India to shoot for her new show “Next Chapter”, which will see her travelling around the world and interviewing celebrities. She is scheduled to attend the forthcoming Jaipur Literature Festival.
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