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5. SANSKARI STARDUST: IULIA VANTUR SINGS FOR ‘VIRGIN BOY’ SALMAN KHAN I’ve come to a conclusion; there is no difference between glitzy awards nights and the popular talk show _Koffee With

Karan_. An annual jaded affair, without any drastic revelation – who is dating whom, who belongs to which Bollywood camp, and steering away from any political comments. Otherwise Raj

Thackeray police_ bula legi_. So when Stardust Awards 2016 awards was telecast on Sunday evening amidst the usual fanfare – Bachchans parivar seated next to each other, Kapoors (Neetu and

Rishi) were placed together, meanwhile, beta Kapoor sat a few seats away. The sad editing shots where Priyanka Chopra seem to have one expression for every performance and award (so much for

being a global icon). And the stunning Rekha winning her 11th lifetime award (err, that’s less of an award and more of a record). But the most unusual thing about the award show was how it

turned into a Sooraj Barjatya Award show, high on sanskari quotient. Pahlaj Kaka, was this your doing?? There were a few filmy moments that were the highlights of the evening. IULIA MAKES

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