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The winner of Unique Biryani Challenge for body builders ate 1 Kg 752 grams

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The winner of Unique Biryani Challenge for body builders ate 1 Kg 752 grams

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The winner of Unique Biryani Challenge for body builders ate 1 Kg 752 grams

Hyderabad, November 20...: Yes, mujme hai dum. How much u give i will eat Hyderabadi Biryani and see my dum said one of the 23 Mr.India participants of a india's first ever and unique "Mr. India's Hyderabadi Biryani Eating Contest" held here in city on Monday night. In a comeptition closely fought by 23 muscled men drawan from 16 states across India who represented organisations like Indian Railways, Indian Army, CRPR, Services etc, an Army Jawan from Jabalpur Mr. Raja R, emerged as winners, another Jawan from Indian Armay Bangalore stood second and Mr. K. Kuntakishore Singh yet another Army Jawan fronm Roorkie emerged third.

From the announcement go, Mr. R. Raja gulped 1 Kg 752 grams of Biryani and bagged first prize of Ten Kilograms of High Quality When Protein Factory Dietary Supplement. His nearest rival Mr. Kamraj who had eaten 1 Kg 390 grams came out second and Mr. Y. Kuntakrishore Singh swallowed 1Kg 240 grams and had become third prize winners. Both the second and third prize winners were given away 5 Kilograms of Dietary Supplement. The prizes were given away by Mr. Mohd Ismail, Managing Director of The Pride Residency, a city's newly started boutique hotel which has conceptualised and organised the unique contest.

The contest organised in two batches fifteen each in batch was finished in 10 minutes each. The winners were decided based on the weight of the food consumed(less bones left). Each participant was given a Chef and Bowl of 3 kilograms of Garam, Garam(just cooked, for a competition at 9pm, it was cooked at 8pm)Mutton Biryani.

I am fond of Biryani. I wanted to swallow the entire lot of Biryani. But, i coudln't do so. It was tough even if you had to eat your all time favourite Biryani said Mr. Raja. R, speaking immediately after annoucing him as winner of the competition. He further stated that he worked hard to win the coveted title "Mr. Hyderabadi Biryani Eater".

Another winner Mr. Kamraj who stood second by eating 1 Kilo 390 grams fo Biryani said I never felt eating Biryani was so tough. Though I almost gulped in the beginning, it became tough towards end. I managed to swallow as much Biryani as possible before the judges aked to stop. I enjoyed eating Hyderabadi Biryani, tell me who doesn't it, said Mr. Kamraj after receiving the second prize.

The participants of this first ever contest were twenty three Mr. India Classic Body Building Competition participants held in Hyderabad. These Mr. Indias came to Hyderabad to participate in the Body Budiling event held in Hyderabad on Monday 18th, November. They are top five body builders of last year's competition from different states. These body builders came from 16 states from all over India like Tamilnadu, Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra, Chandigarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh etc and represent organizations like Indian Railways, CRPF, Services and others.

The contest was organised by "The Pride Residency", a boutique hotel on the occasion of its inauguration. The Pride Residency boutique hotel has a multicuisine fine dining restaurant "Pride of Hyderabad", a Coffee Shop "Lime Light", a banquet hall "Occasions". It also offers meals on wheels facility called "Pride Express".

The organisers of the event has experience of conducting such an event. They have earlier in the year 2005 conducted one such contest for general public which many twin citians still remember. While that was conducted for the general public in city, this is little different as its participants are top five Mr. India winners of various states. The contest as usual has evoked lot of response.

The organisers made elaborate arrangements for the contest. The total area was decked up reflecting the true tradition of Hyderabadi culture. Even special costumes were arranged for the hotel staff and especially designed T-Shirts for the participants. All the participants were given T-Shirts for take home. The entry was restricted to 23 India participants only.

To create a proper ambience for the contest and they highlighted the uniqueness of the Hyderabadi Biryani. The entire venue was decked up with pin up boards/posters pasted on the walls which were especially prepared for the occasion. They all carried unique Limericks and interesting trivia on Biryani, its evolution, history, types, speciality etc painstakingly collected by the organisers from various sources. Some of the pin up boards talked about Do you know inputs like

Do you know that Biryani is the Dish to Die For

Biryani is a celebration dish which has transcended all barriers of caste and religion.
Hyderabadi biryani is the ultimate test of a good cook.
There's just one word to describe Hyderabadi cuisine - FIERY!
Hyderabadi Biryani is a heavenly dish made of Basmati Rice and Lamb meat...........
Do you know that there are over 26 varieties of biryani made in India?
.....though it is considered a royal dish of the Nizams and the Nawabs it was never ever served to the royal guests?

They also talked about different varieties of Biryani, about Taimur Lang who believed to have been brought biryani to city, misconceptions about biryani, how to make biryani(recipe) and what is the test of a good biryani etc and others.

A panel of judges for the contest include Col Balasubrahmanyam, national Weight Lifter, Refree and Jury and Mr. J. Sampath Kumar, a Food Connoisseur and Dr. Randheer, Executive Vice President of Indian Federation of Body Building Federation.

The judging criteria of this fun and frolic contest was the amount of consumption of biryani(by weight less bones left) in a stipulated time of ten minutes. Only mutton biryani was served for the contest due to two reasons. 1. Authentic biryani best reflects in mutton biryani 2. And also due to popular choice by contestants. The organisers have also made available a Medical Doctor and First Aid service in case of any unwarranted situation.

Conceptualised and executed by Mr. Wilson Rajan, a Hospitality Management Consultant and Mr. D. Ramchandram, a Media Consultant and Public Relations Practitioner from Solus Media, the "The Pride Residency", located at Trimulgherry Cross Roads embarked on this novel, friendly and unique contest for only body buildes "Mr. India's Hyderabadi Biryani Eating Contest" for the first time. There was no etry fee for the participation.

All the participants were given away a Memento of Charminar and a participation certificate with action photo affixed on to it.

The aim and purpose of the contest, according to Mr. Wilson Rajan, Contest Coordinator is to promote Hyderabadi biryani. The punchline is "eat more biryani, eat healthy and eat genuine Hyderabadi biryani."

According to Mohd. Ismail, Managing Director of the "The Pride Residency" "Hyderabad is a city of Nawabs and Kababs, Biryani and Sherwani". So our restaurant being The Pride of Hyderabad it goes well with our theme. Hence, we thought of organising this unique event". Looking at the overwhelming response we got in 2005 when we first organsied it on August 20 that year, we decided to organise the contest every year. Soon we will be organising Biryani Eating Contest for general public in a bigger way than we did in 2005, added Mr. Ismail.

The Spirit of Hyderabad is as follows

Special is Hyderabad's Biryani (cuisine) Typical is Hyderabad's zubani (language) Wonderful is Hyderabad's sherwani (clothes) Flexible is Hyderabad's zindagani (culture) Unforgettable is Charminar's charm and people's agvani (warmth).

Through these novel initiatives we would like spread the spirit of Hyderabad. Towards that direction we made elaborate arrangements by spending not less than couple of Lakh rupees. When we take up the next event for general public in near future this year, we will have prize money as Rupees one lakh or even more. We are committed for the cause of Hyderabadi Birayni. We will promote this in every possible way, informed the excited Managing Director. His excitement is so much that he himself wrote the caption for the contest "Biryani Challenge, Hai Dum?

Issued for and on behalf of The Pride Residency by: Solus Media, Tel: 040-23230750, Mobile: 98480-42020

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