'Kabali' and 'Badlapur' actor Radhika Apte will be the show-stopper in the upcoming Lakme Fashion Week in the ‘Gulzar’ collections of a prominent Kolkata-based fashion designer.

“We have been working with Radhika since 'Majhi the Mountain Man' days (2015) and she will be flaunting our fabrics as show-stopper in India’s premier fashion show which is keenly followed by Bollywood," the well-known city-based woman fashion designer told media after a fashion show in a city hotel last Friday night.

The Lakme Fashion Week is a bi-annual fashion event with the summer-resort show taking place in April while the winter-festive show is held in August.

This year the winter-festive show will be held from August 24 to 28.

Radhika will be wearing bright-colored lehenga since the show will be focused on beautiful India, it’s colours and contours, choreographed with the poetry of nature by Amir Khusro, the designer said.

“It can also be termed our tribute to a great name like Gulzar saab who has brought our lyrics and poems to a new level,” the designer Saroj Jalan said.

The signature style of the designer, whose works adorn Bollywood actors like Radhika beside well known models Lisa Sharma and former Miss Universe India winner Ushoshi Sengupta, is delicate floral patterns along with the use of Zardozi and array of hand-woven tusser silk and velvet enhancing the experience of the garments and “we will project the same in the Lakme week where the accent is on ethnicity,” designer Saroj Jalan said.

Supermodel Ushoshi, having recently debuted in the Bengali film 'Egoler Chokh', said “Lakme show reflects the different tastes of all leading Indian fashion designers who are still rooted to Indian heritage.”Read more at:http://www.marieaustralia.com/short-formal-dresses | www.marieaustralia.com/red-carpet-celebrity-dresses

For eighteen days, several years ago
Mountains, snow, temples and streets
You were my guide
For the beauty of Nepal
Crowded markets, salesmen and soldiers
Villages, rivers, forests and cliffs
I was entranced by your country
The vibrant culture, so alien to my own
We wished each other farewell,
we will meet again one day friend
I left, returning to my first world life
You moved to Spain, found love, found happiness
Thought life had other plans, and cancer struck you down
Never again will your smile charm a tourist
I didn't say farewell
But we will meet again one day
Of that I'm sure



for my friend Saroj, thank you for the amazing experience in Nepal
Rest in peace

I wake up early in the morning
Because, I like to see you sleeping
Whenever I saw your face
Found reflection of good fortune
You are one of my nicest thought
You are my sweetest dream come true
You are like a blessing from the heaven
Emotion  For  You is Unexplainable


................Karunakar Saroj............................
                (31August 2014 )