GQ celebrates its 3rd anniversary in India with the Men of the Year Awards

GQ India's Men of the Year Awards, in association with Chivas, commemorated the most outstanding Indian achievers of 2011. In the third year of the awards, GQ honoured 15 extraordinary Indian men and 2 exceptional women, the finest talents in their areas of expertise, from sports to business, film, literature, art and fashion.

Hosted by Vir Das, the evening was brimming with laughter and champagne-fuelled celebration; the audience was entertained by spectacular performances by Grammy-award nominee Melanie Fiona and popular Romanian artist group Akcent, who added to the exuberance of the evening.

The star-studded ceremony saw winners including Shahrukh Khan (Cinematic Icon), Farhan Akhtar (Creative Power House), A.R. Rahman (GQ Legend), Imran Khan (Chivas Award for Outstanding Achievement), Kumar Manglam Birla (Businessman of the year), Yuvraj Singh (Sportsman of the year) and Frieda Pinto (Woman of the year) and Anushka Sharma (Excellence Award) among others.

Other than the winners, gracing the red carpet were a host of glitterati including Karan Johar, Gauri Khan, Deepika Padukone, Simi Garewal, Leander Paes, Parmeshwar Godrej and Rohan Sippy to name a few.

On the awards ceremony, Alex Kuruvilla, Managing Director Condé Nast India said, "The 3rd edition of the GQ Men of the Year, with a power-packed line-up that includes Shahrukh Khan, Frieda Pinto, Kumar Mangalam Birla and A.R. Rahman proves once again that GQ is the ultimate arbiter of style and success in India."

Adds Che Kurrien, Editor, GQ India, "We scoured the country to unearth and celebrate its most powerful and stylish men. Our winners are a unique mix of business and media leaders, actors and sportsmen, thinkers and artists ' in other words, a congregation of India's most accomplished men."

The celebratory event brought together partnership with leading luxury brands ' Chivas, BMW, Chopard, Grand Hyatt, Broadview and Star World

The after-party saw the city's crème de la crème grooving to the pulsating music of DJ duo Kamuki at China House into the wee hours of the morning.

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