By Sachin Kumar
DOHA: Huge crowd gathered at Asian Town yesterday where bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan and India’s regional film mega stars made public appearance to open seven showrooms of Kalyan Jewellers.
The stars were overjoyed with the massive turnout of fans and yet, a bit overwhelmed with the magnitude. The audience was completely star-struck with the popular movie stars. The appearance of Indian cinema’s biggest icon Amitabh Bachchan, who has a huge fan following in Qatar, created frenzy, with crowds jostling to get a glimpse of the film icon.
Bachchan was accompanied with regional film stars Nagarjuna, Prabhu Ganesan, and Manju Warrier yesterday to open Kalyan Jewellers showrooms. These stars are global brand ambassadors of Kalyan Jewelleres, which is among India’s top jewellery brand.
The superstar arrived on the stage at 4pm amid huge cheers by the crowd. During his five-minute brief appearance on the stage, he waved and welcomed the crowd. Bachchan sang few lines of popular song Kabhi Kabhi mere dil me khyaal aata hai... in his deep, baritone voice from his movie Kabhi-Kabhi’ which evoked huge round of clapping and applause from the crowd.
“This is my first trip to Qatar and I am overwhelmed by the affection showered by the people of Qatar. I promise this is not the last trip and I am going to come again,” said Bachchan.
“My relationship with Kalyan Jewellers goes a long way. I believe that you will love them and support them the way you have been supporting me over the years. I hope I get to see you again,” he added. Before leaving the stage, he obliged crowd by taking a few selfies.
Bachchan, Nagarjuna, Prabhu Ganesan, and Manju Warrier were welcomed on the stage by T S Kalyanaraman, Chairman and Managing Director of Kalyan Jewellers.
Bachchan made a whirlwind visit to Qatar for a little over six hours that will be remembered for a long time. He landed in Qatar at 11am on Kalyan Jewellers’ private jet — the Embraer Legacy 650. Amidst tight security, he proceeded to inaugurate the showrooms at Al Gharafa, Al Rayyan, Asian Town and HBK Signal along with the other ambassadors. Earlier, the showrooms at Al Khor, Abu Hamour and Barwa Village were inaugurated by Nagarjuna, Prabhu and Manju Warrier.
“It was wonderful to see huge crowds at our showrooms and vindicates Kalyan’s popularity as a preferred jewellery brand in the GCC. Customers can look forward to having a great shopping experience with our compelling range of gold and diamond jewellery, and studded jewellery,” said Kalyanaraman.
“The launch of seven showroom on a single day and the special inaugural offer of “Win 100gm Everyday” is a reiteration of our commitment to provide the best jewellery buying experience in Qatar and ensure that we can reach out to more customers through. Our stores will offer an exquisite collection of contemporary and traditional designs that will fulfill distinct needs of the evolved Qatari consumer,” he added.
Kalyan Jewellers has announced a special 45-days inaugural campaign “Win 100 gms Gold Everyday” wherein customers stand a chance to win 100gms of gold everyday by making a minimum purchase of QR500 across all the Kalyan Jewellers showrooms in Qatar. Those who buy gold will receive one coupon, whereas those buying diamonds will receive two coupons. This initiative will run from March 25 until May 10, 2016.
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