The Highlights of the Hum Style Awards 2021

You can dedicate an award ceremony to style but you can’t always bring style to the awards. The Hum Style Awards (HSAs) made the brave move of staging a live ceremony despite the coronavirus still looming and the red carpet was rolled out for a slew of celebrity guests. The stage was set. The performances planned out. There was a buzz in the air regarding who would win.

Celebrities:

Urwa Hocane also stood out in a black and white creation by designer Zaheer Abbas and while Maya Ali’s off-shoulder may not have been avant-garde, it’s a silhouette that she wears often and suits her dainty frame. Amongst the men, Emmad Irfani and model Aimal Khan can always be counted on to suit up well and some of the fashion fraternity decided to go all out: Sana Safinaz’s Mohsin Ali in all-white and designer Hussain Rehar in an OTT black and gold blazer.

Ali Zafar and how he made the show work:

Moreover, Amid a lengthy legal battle with Meesha Shafi over her claims of harassment, Ali Zafar returned to the spotlight and made it work like a pro. Ali knows, after all, how to take on the stage and has hosted plenty of shows in the past. He hadn’t, however, played host for the past five years or so. Ali made his return with the HSAs with smooth one-liners, quips and spurts of unplugged singing. Ali handled glitches affably, bantered easily with the audience and co-host Urwa Hocane and moved with the confidence of someone who has done the same many times before. Even when he decided to move about the audience and couldn’t find enough celebrities to sing unplugged for him, he covered it up smoothly, something that could have nonplussed a less experienced host.

Shero and Resham get very, very filmy at Hum Awards 2021:

Furthermore, Designer and now actor HSY and film siren Resham are known for being very filmy — even in real life. They enjoy being dramatic and love being in the public eye. A dance performance featuring the two of them was bound to have its share of theatrics. The two danced out to a mixed medley of old film Punjabi hits and it was great fun to watch. Shero smouldered a la Sultan Rahi, Resham played the coquettish village belle and it all whirled out in bright multicolour.

Celebrity couple spotting at Hum award Show!

Lastly, With so many stars in attendance, celebrity couples drew plenty of attention. Aima Baig and Shahbaz Shigri sat together — the wedding’s next year, they’ve said — and model Hasnain Lehri, on winning Best Model thanked female model Sabeeka Imam for her “support and love”. Special moments like these add spark and talkability to an event and were missing over the past few months where public celebrity interactions had been mostly limited to Instagram exchanges.

Zarwash Gulrez