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Veteran actress Shabana Azmi and her work would be honored at prestigious River To River film festival in Florence on November 22, 2013. She will be bestowed by Pegasus of the Region Tuscany Award by Cristina Scaletti, Tuscany's regional councilor of culture at the opening day of the fest.Other personalities and their films like Shyam Benegal’s Ankur, Mahesh Bhatt’s Arth, Vinay Shukla’s Godmother and Deepa Mehta’s Fire will also screen. Last year the River To River festival held a retrospective of Amitabh Bachchan's films.The 63-year-old actress said the Pegasus honour is big because when a state recognizes you, it's very heartening. “I'm honoured and humbled and grateful to the writers and directors who cast me in challenging roles. The Pegasus honour is big because when a state recognises you, it's very heartening.”As per the sources, “Encomiums and Shabana are good friends. In her career of 41 years she has collected awards, both National and popular, by the dozen and has made her presence felt at various film festivals.  Shabana has had many retrospective, such as the one at the New York Film Festival where she was the first actor ever to be thus honoured as till then they did retros only of directors.”Shabana Azami was also honored at Cinematheque in Paris, at the British Film Institute London, Avignon, and Winnipeg, Toronto and in Canada.

Recently Model, Entrepreneur and Socialite Arpita Bansal, who is also the founder of Muskan K.K Memorial Trust received legendary award for all her achievement on social efforts. The Bharat Nirman award ceremony was organized by Mumbai Fraternity which also had Bejan Daruwala as an important guest.With an award-winning career spanning over 24 years, Arpita Bansal is a jewellery designer at heart and a luxury and lifestyle entrepreneur by profession. She has reached a commendable position as managing director of Creative Nest Media Pvt Ltd, a member of FICCI Ladies Organization and All India Magazines Association (AIM). For all her achievements in the field of business, luxury and lifestyle, Arpita Bansal was also awarded the Achiever's Award in the Business Category at the Aadhi-Aabadi Women Achievers' Awards 2011. And the Mahila Ratna for Journalism and Woman Entrepreneur by Vishva Mahila Parivar."I am very honored to receive this award and i feel it is only possible because i have blessings from the people who love me and respect me for the work Ido. I still need their support in form of Love and Blessings to continue my unbreakable struggle." said the very happy Arpita Bansal.Social work is passion for Arpita Bansal, she has formed a trust 'Muskaan KK Memorial Trust' in memory of her late father. In her leadership, Muskaan K.K. Memorial Trust is actively organizing Free Health Camps and different awareness Programmes in Slums, Villages and various unreachable remote areas all over India.

Happily married to producer Cash Warren, actress Jessica Alba finds the former best hubby in the world. Alba, 32 says that it wouldn’t have been possible for her to juggle with her film career, eco-friendly baby products line, new lifestyle book and also raising daughters Honor-five, and Haven, two, had not her hubby supported her."Cash is the best husband in the world. I would not have been able to keep my company going and do the book if I didn`t have him there for me and help with the children. He is always very considerate and understanding of who I am and my goals. We complement each other very well," said Alba.At the same time, the couple also manages to make some time for each other as they feel it is really necessary for a marriage to work. "We make sure we have enough time to be together where we can shut out the world. My parents are always coming over so Cash and I can go out on the town or I will make a special dinner for us."Those are the moments that are special and important when you`re a couple raising young children together and so much of your time revolves around getting your kids dressed, feeding them, getting them ready for school and into bed. It`s important to have nights for yourself," said Alba.Good going, Alba!

Bollywood industry is very small, yet very vast. The insiders of the industry know how to manage their lives within their boundaries of cameras, films, directors and co-actors. There are some who give their lives entertaining the people on screen forever, and there are few who go astray when they get tired of the industry and all that goes on inside.It is the outside world who recognizes these actors and it is for the fans that these actors get awarded for their performances.The all time beauties of Bollywood who have entertained their fans throughout including Zarina Wahab, Padmini Kolhapure and Rati Agnihotri were honored yesterday at Lucknow for their active roles in the film world. These beautiful actresses were recognised for highlighting the strengths of women, an organizer of the event.Other actors to be felicitated on this event were Nimmi, Anita Raj and Rameshwari.All of these actors were presented with an award at an event, organised by Friends India, a social organisation. The organisers said these actors had not only taken on the male-dominated film world in the 1980s, but they had also created a special place for themselves.Well, we do know about all of them making Bollywood special for the viewers and fans.