HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | BOLLYWOOD Priyanka Chopra leads India Day Parade in New York21st Aug 2007 10.53 IST By Agencies Thousands of people flocked to the annual India Day Parade held in New York that saw Bollywood beauty Priyanka Chopra as grand marshal and astronaut Sunita Williams as the guest of honour. The event held on Sunday, saw people fill up the sidewalks on the parade route along Madison Avenue from 41st Street to 24th Street in Manhattan. The atmosphere was charged with the hues and vibrancy of Indian culture, with many people waving the tricolour and quite a few dressed in the colours of the national flag. 
The parade to celebrate 60 years of India's independence was organised by the Federation of Indian Associations (FIA), which boasts of 300,000 members in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Standing on the platform with Priyanka and Sunita was comedian Johnny Lever , waving to the crowds and cracking jokes. TV actresses Reena Kapur and Prachi Desai were also present at the function. Around 40 floats and groups participated in the parade - all sponsored by private bodies ranging from companies to spiritual organisations. While disseminating their own messages, they also played patriotic songs as well as popular film numbers. An entertainment programme at Madison Square Garden followed the parade. But the low stage and surging crowds made it quite difficult for most people to view the performances. Related Priyanka Chopra Johnny Lever | ALSO READ scoop ~ Ashish Choudhary angry, inconsolable over kin's death ~ Dil Kabaddi – Movie Preview ~ Youngsters need to understand Islam in the right way: Shahrukh Khan ~ Terror could not stall this film's shoot ~ When Asin got shoes worth Rs 2 lakh! ~ Who inspired Aamir Khan's look in 'Ghajini'? ~ Nayantara returns to home turf ~ Indian model Diana Penty is the new face of Maybelline ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Jiah Khan at her sexiest on the cover of Maxim! ~ Aamir Khan on the cover of GQ ( 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, Dil Kabaddi , Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , Rang Rasiya , Meerabai Not Out 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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