Yes, the animal instinct shone through at this event that was all about animal welfare. Hosted by a prominent animal welfare organisation, the evening was dedicated to the cause of snakes with the message to boycott snake shows. ���Snakes are not natural performers ��� we are��� shouted the ad campaign banners featuring dance choreographer Sandip Soparrkar and Jesse Randhawa.
And the banners suddenly came alive in front of your eyes as Jesse writhed like a snake to ���snake-charmer��� Sandip���s tunes. All an act to show the ���charmed��� audience how cobras, vipers and other snakes are treated with cruelty during these performances.
Getting a live demonstration of the act were sisters Binal and Pia Trivedi, PFMI-World 2008 Parvathy Omanakuttan, the missing-in-action-since-a-while Bhairavi Goswami, Jiah Khan who had her two sisters Kavita and Karishma for company, Anju Mahendroo who found great company in Mita Vashisht, Dipsshikha, Udita Goswami, who���s also been missing-in-action, Smiley Suri, Achla Sachdev and Sheetal Mallar.
���Performances should be by choice, not by force,��� said Jesse, even as hostess for the evening Anuradha Sawhney urged people to think twice before torturing snakes. All in all, this was a ���snake-sational��� evening.