When James Bond Sir Roger Moore came to Mumbai......

The year was 2005. UNICEF approached DD Mumbai to do a program towards the empowerment of Girl Child Education.

Accordingly 9 girls were selected from the poorest of the poor families in the state of Maharashtra, who have done well in their studies, in spite of the hardship they faced in order to pursue their goal. They were between 11 to 13 years old.

After their selection by UNICEF India, they were invited to come to Mumbai and were groomed by a friend Dr Jamuna Pai , celebrity dermitologist.

In order to ensure, the Event does not go unnoticed, I invited Bollywood icons Raveen Tandon and Aruna Irani, Miss world Yukta Mukhi and a host of women celebrities at DD to felicitate and honor these angels.

The event was quite a successes. As luck would have it , the video of the event was seen on web by Sir Roger Moore(James Bond), the brand Ambassador of UNICEF. Needless to mention he was quite impressed the way these girls were projected by us. So During his visit to India along with his wife, Sir Roger Moore made it a point to meet the local director of DD and have lunch with him.

It was 18th November 2005, we met at Grand Hayatt , Mumbai. He was particularly happy to note that in spite of the onslaught of commercial Tv Channels in india, I have been able to create tv programming which has the glamor quotient as well it is socially relevent.

Although I had many such lunch & dinner meets with various celebraties, film personalities and public figures during my tenure at DD Mumbai but eating out with James bond was a humbling experience.

On 14th October 2010, Sir Roger Moore will complete 83years. I can only wish him a happy, healthy & stress free life and he continues to Bond with the Best.....