Saluting the stars

The occasionwas a high-voltage ceremony, where four personalities from the world ofliterature, sport, television and films were awarded for their contribution totheir respective fields, based on audience votes.While Prachet Gupta was the chosen one in literature, in sports, it was Laxmi Ratan Shukla, though in his absence, the award was accepted by Shreevats Goswami.Monami Ghosh was crowned the reigning queen of television, while Rudranil Ghosh beat Ananya Chatterjee, Kanchan Mullick and Chandreyee Ghosh to bag the silver screen award.Veteran footballer PK Banerjee, and actors Sabitri Chatterjee and Soumitra Chatterjee were feted with Lifetime Achievement Awards.Mir, as host for the evening, ensured that the claps werefrequently punctuated by laughter, reeling off one-liners into the mic.