HELLO! magazine hosted its very first HELLO! Hall of Fame Awards on October 31st 2010 at the Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai. After drawing up an exhaustive list of 54 nominees, which were debated and discussed by a jury comprising of industrialist Gautam Singhania, fashion designer Sandeep Khosla, columnist & author Shobhaa De, Director of Asian Art at Christie’s Dr. Amin Jaffer, and HELLO! Editor Ruchika Mehta – HELLO! awarded 19 achievers in the fields of art, entertainment, business, sports and social service. (more pix here)
Spotted: Amitabh & Jaya Bachchan, Abhishek & Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Nita & Mukesh Ambani, Adi & Parmeshwar Godrej, Akshay Kumar & Twinkle Khanna, Princess Diya Kumari of Jaipur, Shreeji Arvind Singh of Mewar, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, Saif Ali Khan & Kareena Kapoor, Deepika Padukone & Sidhartha Mallya (See, again!), Dr Cyrus Poonawalla, Kangna Ranaut, MD of Bennett & Coleman Co. Vineet Jain, Natasha & Adar Poonawalla, artist Bharti Kher with husband Subodh Gupta, Sonali Bendre-Behl, Sunny & Anu Dewan, Neeraj Birla, Raj & Dipti Salgaoncar, Rahul & Ekta Raheja, Nikhil & Elina Meswani, Jai & Poonam Shroff and politician Navin & Shallu Jindal.
List of Winners
Young Royal of the Year: Princess Diya Kumar of Jaipur
Artist of the Year: Bharti Kher
Sportsperson of the Year: Leander Paes
Celebutant of the Year (Male): Sidhartha Mallya
Celebutante of the Year (Female): Gayatri Reddy
Stylish Man of the Year: Saif Ali Khan
Stylish Woman of the Year: Shweta Bachchan Nanda
Stylish Couple of the Year: Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna
Rising Star of the Year: Kangna Ranaut
Entertainer of the Year (Female): Kareena Kapoor
Entertainer of the Year (Male): Ranbir Kapoor
Royalty of the Year: Dr Karan Singh of Kashmir
Humanitarian of the Year: Rajashree Birla
Emerging Business Leader of the Year: Sanjay Reddy
Causerina of the Year: Parmeshwar Godrej
Social Contribution: Nita Ambani
Global Icon: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Timeless Icon: Amitabh Bachchan
Personality of the Year: Ratan Tata