COLOMBO :The highly acclaimed and versatile Indian actor, Mohammad Ali visited the Indian Summer restaurant in Colombo yesterday, Sunday, 1st November. On arrival, he was warmly welcomed by Mr Mohamed Afthab, Chairman & Managing Director of Universal Gateway Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, under which the Indian Summer restaurant chain in Sri Lanka and Maldives operates, and the Global Kitchen restaurants in Colombo and Kandy, as well as the newly opened Thai Fusion restaurant in Colombo.
Ali started his movie career as a child actor in the early 1980s and over the decades, has acted in more than 1000 movies, mainly in his native Telugu language, but has proven his versatility in playing varied character roles in Hindi, Tamil and Kannada movies as well. He won the Filmfare Best Comedian award for Telugu movies in 2003 and 2005, apart from the Best Child Actor Nandi Award in 1981.
The popular actor-comedian was on a brief visit to Sri Lanka to attend the Global Business Forum & Awards ceremony at the Temple Trees on the previous day,31st October, as the Guest of Honour, organized by Anyelp Groups, a dynamic Bengaluru based company founded in 2017 that specializes in event management, award ceremonies, entertainment programmes and technology initiatives.
The celebrity actor was accompanied on the visit to the Indian Summer restaurant by Mr Mohammad Zakir Hussain and Ms Pooja Shree, co-founders of the Anyelp Groups and his team members.
Ali and the accompanying team were hosted to lunch at the restaurant by Mr Afthab, and the Directors of Universal Gateway Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, Mohamed Zameel, Rimaz Zameel and Abdul Rahman Zameel.
The Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of Nepal, Vijay Kumar Raut and his wife were special guests at the lunch, which was also attended by A.M.J. Sadiq, former High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to the. Maldives
