doweshowbellyad=0; Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna (TOI Photo) It was Sunny Dewan Wadhawan and wife Anu’s brunch and the stars of the high noon were undoubtedly Bollywood’s reigning king Akshay Kumar and wife Twinkle Khanna. Guess the afternoon sun got to them, for they hurriedly made their way to the cool confines of a yellow-and-white tent. You saw men in cowboy hats but strangely enough, not many women wore fancy hats.
Pria Kataria Puri revealed that she has a collection of hats but came without one since she thought she would be in one of the reserved boxes in the stand and not out in the open with the blazing sun overhead.
But even though the party people may have felt the heat, they chilled out with champagne and cool cocktails and had a bite of the fabulous food spread. Looking colourful were the many ladies — Neelam Kothari, Kavita Chougule, Shruti Sharma, Maheka Mirpuri, Preeti Jhangiani in mint green with a matching handbag and Nisha Harale who compered the proceedings. Neeta Lulla caught up with designer friend Rohit Bal while couples spotted enjoying the afternoon included Adar and Natasha Poonawala, Gayatri and Vikram Oberoi, Esther and Raju Daswani, Arshiya Fakih and Rij Eappen, Namrata and Vikram Shroff and Sandili and Kiran Salaskar. And instead of watching the horses, most feasted their eyes on the international dancers. Well, each to his own.