Devi Awards Kolkata 2024: Highlights of the magnificent evening
Welcome to the 27th edition of the Devi Awards in Kolkata. We take you to the ceremony at the ITC Royal Bengal where 13 women achievers were felicitated this evening!
8.15 pm: Recipients of Devi Awards Kolkata 2024 gather on stage for a group photograph at the end of the felicitation
8.10 pm: The Devi Awards comes to an end with a cake-cutting ceremony featuring the Devis and Prabhu Chawla, Editorial Director of The New Indian Express
8.08 pm: Artist Sanhita receives the honour
8.07 pm: Actor Preeti Panigrahi receives the award
8.06 pm: Heritage conservationist Mukul Agarwal says that she would love to restore the Writers' building and the Calcutta High Court
8.05 pm: Pallavi Singhee honoured with the award
8.04 pm: Idol maker Mala Paul talks about her training school and welcomes students to learn the craft of idol making
8.03 pm: Devi Award recipient Daminee Benny Basu opens up on the current state of Kolkata, saying that it's not just about getting justice in cases of sexual harassment but also its redressal and prevention
8.02 pm: Titas Mukherjee on her love for animals that made her start working for them
8.01 pm: Dr Pritee Ganatra shares what made her take up alternative medicine
8.00 pm: Awardee Priti Patel quotes a dialogue from Rabindranath Tagore's dance drama 'Chitrangada'
7.55 pm: Filmmaker Sarmistha Maiti talks about her collaboration with co-director Rajdeep Paul
7.50 pm: Mental health advocate Dr Minu Budhia receives her award
7.40 pm: Singer Barnali Chattopadhyay sings 'Phool Gendwa Na Maaro' on the stage of Devi Awards
7.30 pm: First recipient actor Subhashree Ganguly receives her award
7.00 pm: In Pics - The inauguration by former Union Minister Smriti Irani
