The cost of fame
THE WEEK India|November 19, 2023
The festive season is upon us and the last few weeks have seen some elegant evenings that have involved serious red carpet dressing.
NAMRATA ZAKARIA
The cost of fame

Movie premieres, fancy mall openings, high-powered parties as well as several fashion events have had stars and wanna-shines show up in their dazzling best. Diwali parties with paparazzi waiting outside the gates have just begun.

Among all this was the opening ceremony of the just-concluded Mumbai film festival, or MAMI (Mumbai Academy of Moving Image). It returned after four years to bring back to us a room full of glittering movie stars from across India, South Asia, and some from Europe and the US, too. Since two of the co-hosts are Isha Ambani and Priyanka Chopra (the third is journalist Anupama Chopra, who puts it all together), the event was filled with A-listers. It was so refreshing to see the likes of Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan show up and take their seats on time, almost two hours before everyone else did.

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