Lara Dutta Bhupathi was recently in Paris with her entire family to witness the magic of Olympics 2024. The actress met India legend Neeraj Chopra during an event held in his honour when he won the silver medal. Dutta shared several photos and videos from the event, including one of Neeraj’s heartwarming address to the audience after the win.
Neeraj stood on the podium and proudly showed his silver medal amid cheers and applause. In her next story, Lara shared a picture of herself and her husband Mahesh Bhupathi, in which they were smiling and posing with Neeraj. In another picture, Lara’s daughter Saira is also seen with Neeraj. On this occasion, Lara wore a red suit, while Mahesh was seen in formal attire.
Lara Dutta captioned all her stories, “The greatest player of all time!! @neeraj__chopra!! It was incredible to watch him and @arshadnadeem29 compete yesterday!! Champions all the way!!” Check it out here:-
Neeraj missed out on winning the gold medal but still gave a best throw of 89.45m. His four consecutive foul throws largely affected his chances of reaching the top spot, which went to Arshad Nadeem. The Pakistani player won the gold with a throw of 92.97m and received praise from all over the world, including Neeraj’s mother.
Saroj Devi told ANI, “We are very happy with the silver, the one who won gold is also our child and the one who won silver is also our child. All are athletes, all work hard. Nadeem is also good, he plays well, and there is no difference between Neeraj and Nadeem. We got gold and silver, there is no difference for us.”
Talking about Lara Dutta, she will soon be seen in Welcome to the Jungle with Akshay Kumar. Directed by Ahmed Khan, the film stars Raveena Tandon, Arshad Warsi, Disha Patani, Paresh Rawal, Shreyas Talpade, Sunil Shetty, Johnny Lever, Kiku Sharda, Krishna Abhishek, Rahul Dev, Daler Mehndi and Mika Singh.
Touted to be one of the biggest films of 2024, Welcome to the Jungle is planning to release over the Christmas weekend.
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