The “Navy Ball” has always prided itself on being one of the most eagerly anticipated events of its kind; a marquee social event in the city’s calendar and time for the Indian Navy and the rest of the defense fraternity to congregate and celebrate! The Navy Week celebrations culminated with the Navy Ball 2010 held at the Western Naval Command officers Mess. Commander–in–Chief Vice Admiral Sanjeev Bhasin rolled a physical ball to kick start the grand evening which comprised of a two and a half hour variety program that included the Navy Queen Pageant and a whole lot of dancing till 5am. Darren and the Sixth Sense rocked the evening followed by DJ Megha Kawale who managed to get a thousand people on the huge dance floor.
The Navy Queen Beauty Pageant, choreographed by Achala Sachdev had the girls catwalking to Anushka Manchanda live on in clothes designed by Anita Dongre. The judges included Lucky Morani (Event Director of the “Navy Queen Pageant 2010), Film Director Mudassar Aziz and the actress Dia Mirza, while the event was emceed by Cyrus Broacha and Shonali Nagrani.
Spotted: Indian Idol winner Rahul Vaidya, Karanvir Bohra and Teejay Sidhu.
P.S. In her second appearance on stage Anushka sang her popular songs and even dragged the Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan, Chief of Staff of the Western Naval Command on stage who jived with his wife Nisha 🙂