Chandigarh, 24th February: The 41st Rose Festival had a grand finale on a Sunny Sunday starting with visitors pouring in at the two venues of celebrations at Rose Garden and Leisure Valley. There were more than 500 students who participated in the on the spot painting competition at the Rose Garden this morning. The most popular event Antakshri also pulled lot of crowd and it carried on till the prize distribution function which was presided over by Shri Subhash Chawla Mayor of Chandigarh.
The Evening unfolded with the most exciting and glamorous event of the day- Ms & Mr. Rose contest which had more than 20 finalists competing for the cash prizes in both the categories of Mr & Ms.Rose . The jam packed audience gave thunderous applause to all participants in the three rounds of fashion contest including formal round, traditional round and western round. In the Mr.Rose contest, the first prize was picked up by Mr Adarsh and was declared Mr.Rose whereas the second prize was bagged by Mr Abhishek and Mr Anupam won the third prize. In the most glamorous category, Ms Sheenum was declared the winner of Ms.Rose Contest followed by Ms prerna and Ms Isha as first and second runner up respectively for the event.The judges on the panel were Ms.Jonita Doda-punjabi actress, Mr Bajaj of L’Oreal and owner of various Spa and Health club in the city along with Mr.Kanwaljeet, Director IIFT.
Shri Rajiv thakur a top-notch comedian of laughter challenge regaled the audience with his humor and wit, thakur belongs to the breed of young Punjabi comedians whose spoofs on celebrities have won him a large fan following across the country.
The evening had a spectacular spell of music start with Kunal Ganjawala famous Bolllywood play back singer belting out his famous songs and he mesmerized the audience with songs from his movies “Humdum suniyo re” – Saathiya “Bheege Hont” – Murder, “Dil Keh Raha Hai” – Kyon Ki, “Dil Na Diya” – Krrish