a grand party was hosted by prateek hira at a hotel in lucknow as people were entering a welcome scent filled the air ruhelucknow itr meaning the soul of lucknow was specially designed for the people primarily for this occasion this perfume that was given to each attendee at the entrance has been made in kannuaj that prides itself as the perfume capital of india and produces essential oils in a traditional manner people were seated in the hall after drinking meeting and greeting and getting clicked at the entrance the programme commenced with safar a storytelling session l dr amit sharma and rakesh kumar r fakhre azam bccl vishnu jaiswal l dr amit sharma and rakesh kumar r fakhre azam bccl vishnu jaiswalit was followed by a kathak ballet specially curated to celebrate the origin of kathak from ancient india there were some phenomenal performances by the professional dancers after the performances a researched menu of rare awadhi cuisines was served these rare dishes were relished by one and all some of the never before tried snacks which were served to the guests during the performances included majlisi kebab with roghni murgamla chicken kebab tori kebab and gulnar kebabl dr rupali mirza and syeda ali khan r kavita dass bccl vishnu jaiswal l dr rupali mirza and syeda ali khan r kavita dass bccl vishnu jaiswalsaid prateek hira i am very passionate about this city and its culture and heritage so i wanted to portray it in a fashion that people relate to it in modern times so for example when we look at kathak we see it as a classical form of dancing but theres much more to it theres a story behind it then when you talk about food im very passionate about food and many of my researches are about food so i wanted to create a very unique menu comprising of food people have never tasted or know about so that was the idea behind the entire menu we worked very hard for over a year to curate this event jayant krishna and madhvi kukreja bccl vishnu jaiswal jayant krishna and madhvi kukreja bccl vishnu jaiswalpari an attendee said this is probably one of the most beautifully curated events with everything on point the menu was something that completely won my heart yashi agarwall prateek hira r jitendra kumar and justice manish mathur bccl vishnu jaiswal l prateek hira r jitendra kumar and justice manish mathur bccl vishnu jaiswall manish ahuja and zohra chaterjee r tej vir singh bccl vishnu jaiswal l manish ahuja and zohra chaterjee r tej vir singh bccl vishnu jaiswall alina ali r mich immelman and andrew bccl vishnu jaiswal l alina ali r mich immelman and andrew bccl vishnu jaiswall amrita dass r amit sharma bccl vishnu jaiswal l amrita dass r amit sharma bccl vishnu jaiswal