Inside Big B's 70th birthday party
Everybody who's anybody in Bollywood helped Amitabh Bachchan bring in his 70th birthday with a gala party. Celebrity chefs Ritu Dalmia and Marut Sikka cooked up a sit down feast for 800 odd guests. Among them were Tamil superstar Rajinikanth, Waheeda Rehman, Shashi Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi.
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Everybody who's anybody in Bollywood helped Amitabh Bachchan bring in his 70th birthday with a gala party. Celebrity chefs Ritu Dalmia and Marut Sikka cooked up a sit down feast for 800 odd guests. Among them were Tamil superstar Rajinikanth, Waheeda Rehman, Shashi Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi.
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Vidya Balan, who played Big B's mother in Paa, was ravishing in a red sari.
Bipasha Basu was stunning in a strapless flowing gown. Bipasha played Big B's daughter in Aetbaar.
Kajol walked in hand-in-hand with husband Ajay Devgn. Kajol appeared in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham with Big B, Ajay co-starred with him in Major Saab.
Sonakshi Sinha was a scene stealer in her blue dress with a broad pink border. -
Frequent collaborators Neetu and Rishi Kapoor, and Shatrughan Sinha with wife Punam and son Luv. Neetu, co-starred with Big B in Adaalat, Parvarish, The Great Gambler and Yaarana while husband Rishi Kapoor played his younger brother in Amar Akbar Anthony, Naseeb.
Shatrughan Sinha, who has just recovered from his heart surgery, had roles with Big B in Dostana, Naseeb and Shaan. He also played a villain in Bombay To Goa. -
Tabu arrives wearing a white salwar kameez. Tabu had worked with Big B in R Balki's movie Cheeni Kum.
Preity Zinta dazzles in Indian wear. She worked with Amitabh Bachchan in Veer Zaara.
The beautiful Sonali Bendre looks lovely in black.
Actress Mahima Chaudhary is radiant in a sari. -
They create magic from behind the camera - Anurag Kashyap with his wife and actress Kalki Koechlin, Vipul Shah - who directed Amitabh Bachchan in Waqt - Race Against Time - Rohit Shetty (Big B did a cameo in his movie Bol Bachchan, Sanjay Leela Bhansali - who directed Big B in Black - Anubhav Sinha, R Balki with his wife Gauri Shinde - who worked with Big B in Cheeni Kum, Paa and English Vinglish - Subhash Ghai, Ashutosh Gowariker, Sooraj Barjatya, and Kunal Kohli.
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The Sahara family - Sumanta Roy with his wife Chandni, Subrata Roy's wife Swapna and son Sushanto Roy.
Politicians Praful Patel and Chhagan Bhujbal walk in together.
The Thackeray family - Uddhav Thackeray with wife Rashmi and son Aditya. Also seen in this picture is Smita Thackeray. -
The Azmi family at the bash - Cinematographer Baba Azmi with wife and actress Tanvi Azmi, who played Big B's wife in Aarakshan. Mr Bachchan's co-star in Main Azaad Hoon, Shabana Azmi, with her husband and Sholay scriptwriter Javed Akhtar.
Also seen in this picture are Javed Akhtar's ex-wife and scriptwriter Honey Irani with their daughter-in-law, hairstylist Adhuna Akhtar.