Karan Johar celebrated turning 50
with the grandest of parties held at Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai on Wednesday
night. Everyone who is anyone in Bollywood was there – those who were not had
good reason to be absent. Chief among the absentees were Alia Bhatt, to whom
Karan Johar is mentor, and Deepika Padukone – Alia is abroad filming her
Hollywood debut Heart Of Stone and
Deepika is currently on jury duty at the Cannes Film Festival. Also absent from
the red carpet was Karan Johar's close friend Shah Rukh Khan – his wife Gauri,
however, did attend was also at a more intimate gathering held at KJo's home to
bring in his birthday the night before. Nearly everyone else marked their
presence at Karan Johar's big fat Bollywood birthday party. Salman Khan, with
whom the filmmaker reportedly shared frosty relations in the past (and plainly
a thing of the past, topped the celebrity roll-call. Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal, who married last December, attended
together. Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan made a glamorous couple's entry,
having recently returned from Cannes – Abhishek and Karan Johar have been
friends since they were children. The stars of much-awaited upcoming
film Laal
Singh Chaddha arrived with plus-ones – Karan Johar's close
friend Kareena Kapoor was escorted by husband Saif Ali Khan and Aamir Khan
attended with ex-wife Kiran Rao, also a very good friend of the birthday boy.
Karan and Kareena share one of Bollywood's storied friendships and working
relationships; he directed her in films like Kabhi Khushi
Kabhie Gham and We Are Family.
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