Four top Hollywood & Bollywood producers to attend 23rd Miss India America 2015 & The Elite Awards

LOS ANGELES - July 29, 2015 - PRLog -- It is that time again where we witness the official crowning of Miss India America 2015. The year marks as the 23rd anniversary for the beauty pageant. Founded in 1992, by Jinnder Chohan, the pageant has grown to become an International phenomenon. Mr. & Miss India America 2015 is presented by South Asia Magazine, Wells Fargo, and JINmodels.com.

With the pageant’s impressive reputation, the gala has become a connection of fashion, beauty and media under one roof. The pageant will be on Saturday, August 8th at the LAX Renaissance hotel (9620 Airport Blvd., Los Angeles). Celebrity red carpet arrivals begin at 6pm, followed by dinner (catered by Ashoka the Great Indian Restaurant), show and celebration party with DJ Sunil. Tickets to the pageant can be purchased by logging on to: www.SouthAsiaInc.com, click on tickets.

The Mr. & Miss India America pageant will be an amazing cultural experience with glamour and entertainment, displaying Indian beauty and talent on a mainstream platform. International media will cover the red carpet arrivals.

Creator Jinnder Chohaan declared, “Bollywood filmmaker Anil Sharma of hit films: ‘Gadar’, ‘Veer’ & ‘Apne’ will be one of the official judges at Mr. & Miss India America. We are also honored to have Hollywood producer Sunil Perkash of hits: ‘Salt’ with Angelina Jolie and ‘Premonition’ with Sandra Bullock attend our pageant."

THE ELITE AWARDS 2015 will honor today’s top Hollywood producers: Randall Emmett and Adi Shankar.  Having worked with top A-listers in Hollywood, Randall Emmett's blockbuster hits included: 2 Guns w/ Denzel Washingon, Empire State w/ Liam Hemsworth, Escape Plan w/ Sylvester Stallone, 16 Blocks w/ Bruce Willis, and Rambo w/ Sylvester Stallone. Adi Shankar's blockbusters include: Lone Survivor w/ Mark Wahlberg, Killing Them Softly w/ Brad Pit, Broken City w/ Russell, and The Grey w/ Liam Neeson. THE ELITE AWARDS honors those that have excelled in the entertainment industry and have inspired others, past recipients have included: Hollywood legend Garry Marshall (Pretty Woman), actor Steven Seagal, director Shekhar Kapur, Bollywood filmmakers - Anurag Kashyap, Kunal Kohli, Subhash Ghai, Rahul Rawail, etc.

Many of the pageant’s past winners have gone on to Hollywood – Melanie Kannokada, former Miss India America, can be seen on HBO’s ‘The Brink’ with Jack Black and Tim Robbins, and soon on CBS new TV Series ‘Code Black’ in September. Nishi Munshi, former Miss India California, can be seen on CW’s ‘The Originals’, and Hasan Minaj, former Mr. India California, is seen as a regular on ‘The Daily Show’ with Jon Stewart.

Current titleholder from Arizona, Maya Charuni Sarihan - Miss India America 2014, mentioned, “About a year ago, I embarked on a remarkable journey that led me to become Miss India America. Though "pageant girls" are supposedly manicured and poised, I think this journey has actually taught me to be 100% true to my crazy self, whether behind the camera or in class. So here's to many more candids, adventures, and laughing like a 5 year old at absolutely nothing.”

The evening will begin with an amazing group of prominent personalities from all over the world walking down the red carpet, these include: actress Ambyr Childer (2 Guns, Gangster Squad, Showtime’s Ray Donovan, NBC’s Aquarius), actress Annett Mahendru (FX’s The Americans, The Following on FOX), Bravo TV’s Asifa Mirza (Shahs of Sunset), actor Ravi Patel (Grandfathered with John Stamos), actress/producer Kim Poirier, actress Kate Linder (The Young & The Restless), Australian singer Katja, French singer/actress Melissa Mars, British singer/actress Sofia Hayat (Big Boss), actress Nishi Munshi (CW’s The Originals), actress Courtney James Clark (Jurassic World), BET TV host Chasity Saunders (The Art of Fabulous), Disney singer/actress Alexa Ferr, Dr. Rachael Ross (Doctors), Tyree Washington (Gold Olympian and former San Diego Charger), actor Joe Estevez, Karla and Iris Gordy (MoTown Records), actress Madison Beaty (The Fosters), Rizwan Manji (The Wolf on Wall Street), Charley Koontz (Community, CSI Cyber), and many others!

Event sponsors include: Robert Mondavi winery, PrintLife, Belvedere Vodka, Top Priority Media, Cloud 21, People Water, Brain Toniq, Domaine Chandon, Patron, Scala, and Bodvar of Sweden.