HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | BOLLYWOOD Bollywood stars to create AIDS awareness26th Nov 2006 14.00 IST By Agencies On World AIDS Day, a galaxy of Bollywood stars, including Shilpa Shetty and Rahul Bose , will perform in a show in New Delhi to raise awareness about preventing HIV infections. Popular TV actress Mona Singh, best known as Jassi, will perform a dance number with children choreographed especially by Shiamak Davar at the National Stadium on December 1. 
Earlier that day, President APJ Kalam will address Members of Parliament and release a special stamp to commemorate the occasion. "President Kalam will be addressing MPs and will release the stamp," National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) Director General Sujatha Rao said in New Delhi. She said the evening's cultural show is planned to educate and create awareness among children and youth about HIV-AIDS and its implications. "We are organising an exhibition, laser show, puppetry programmes and pantomimes, which are the best mediums to catch the attention of young minds," she said. "The idea behind the show is to create awareness among people and to target the youth," Rao said. According to NACO, there are 5.2 million HIV-infected people in the country, with 85.7 per cent of HIV infections through sexual intercourse. Rao said Kailash Kher will perform at the show along with many other TV stars. Related Shilpa Shetty Rahul Bose Shiamak Davar Kailash Kher | ALSO READ scoop ~ Slumdog sweeps UK film awards ~ Terror fallout – Ayesha Takia postpones marriage, Tusshar Kapoor cancels party ~ M F Hussain to paint a portrait of Katrina Kaif? ~ Kangana Ranaut wants to look sexy the natural way ~ Britney Spears back with her new album 'Circus' ~ MGR to return in an animation flick ~ Farhan Akhtar to act in a psychological thriller ~ Saif and Kareena to live in together ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Amitabh Bachchan turns down Bill Clinton's invite ~ Jethro Tull, Anoushka concert dedicated to Mumbai terror victims ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > Halloween, New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Sorry Bhai, Yuvvraaj, Dostana, Dasvidaniya, Golmaal Returns, Fashion, Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi, EMI, Heroes, Roadside Romeo, Kidnap, Drona, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , Rang Rasiya , Meerabai Not Out , Horn Ok Pleassss MUSIC Ghajini , Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Chitrangada Singh | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Mandira Bedi | Shahana Goswami | Konkona Sen Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Anushka Sharma | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Vidya Malvade | Malaika Arora | Shweta Kumar | | more... | 
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