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Bollywood’s Zeenat Amam in Colombo
Popular Bollywood star Zeenat Aman will be a guest of honour at ‘Saree Splendour 2003’, one of the glittering events in Colombo’s social calendar, which features the ‘saree’, as an item of haute couture on October 31 at the Hilton Colombo.

Star of hit movies such as ‘Satyam Shivam Sunderam’, ‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’, ‘Quarbani’, ‘Mano Rama’ etc. Zeenat Aman is expected to be joined by a few other leading ladies of the Bollywood silver screen at this glamour event.

Presented by Prenita Fashions, more than a hundred specially handpicked and one-of-a-kind sarees from India’s fashion capitals Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai will be showcased in this grand fashion extravaganza to be choreographed by Senaka de Silva and expertly styled by Harris Wijeyesinghe, themselves top names in the Sri Lankan fashion arena.

Driving force behind the show, sisters Preethi and Nimmi Fernando say, “The saree is multi-purpose, multi-dimensional piece of fabric which can be draped in numerous ways and with innumerable accessories, yet, at the same time, retaining its inimitable Eastern charm and mystique”, “Needless to say, the dazzling creations of Vogue Jewellers, our ‘Jewellery Partner,’ will bring in an added dimension to the show”, Preethi added.

As has been the practice in the past, proceeds from “Saree Splendor” will be channelled to the ‘Maw Sevena’, a Home for Destitute Boys run by the Legion of Mary of the Catholic Church of Sri Lanka.

Situated in Mattakuliya, this home was established in 1976 and today gives shelter to nearly 30 inmates aged between b and 14 years. President of the Home Maurice Lord said that the Home gives the children a special vocational training before attempting to integrate them into mainstream society.

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