Sonu Niigaam At Shabana Azmi's b'day Party

You must all have seen pictures of Shabana Azmi’s 60th birthday celebrations, the hype around Amitabh-Rekha’s appearance at the same venue, etc., by now. But it’s time for the inside story. Koimoi.com brings you the scoop on what went on inside the party that lasted all night: the pranks, the jokes, and the jibes. Read on!

Sonu Niigaam may be nasty to the media otherwise, but the singer was the life of the party. He had turned up in all-white and his hair even looked good (for a change). Taking over from the DJ, Sonu doled out songs for the gathering through the night and was joined by singer Alka Yagnik and music composer Lalit Pandit.

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It was a Saturday night out for Shabana who was feeling all young on her 60th birthday. Nothing less than a fancy dress party would do for the birthday girl. At Mumbai’s lounge bar Trilogy located in hotel Sea Princess, an A-list of guests made its way to the retro themed party.

“Shabana personally invited the actors asking them to sport different kinds of headgears to give her party a retro look,” shared a guest.

For more effect, singers Sonu Niigaam and Alka Yagnik crooned numbers from the ‘60s and ‘70s. Shabana came wearing a
fuschia pink chudidhar with a sequenced red beret and was seen dancing the night away with hubby Javed Akthar.

Amitabh Bachchan chose the traditional Nepali gear of a Dhaka Topi. Anil Kapoor referenced his own film charcters and had put on a funny police inspector’s cap, teaming it with black denims and a blue shirt. Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan chose to stay formal ?? he chic in his black blazer and she well-coordinated in her black salwar kameez.

Always partial to her golden sarees, Rekha decked up in yet another of those and was seen chatting up with pals Shatrugan Sinha, Naseeruddin Shah and his wife Ratna Pathak Shah. Tabu picked in a white chudidhar for the occasion.

Among the younger lot, Amrita Rao had on a blue jacket with a short black skirt, Shazahn Padamsee sported a red band on her forehead and an always elegant Dia Mirza went with an off-shoulder white dress. Out of her Sabyasachi sarees
and anarkalis, Vidya Balan tried the gypsy look.

Yesteryear’s hottie Zeenat Aman had her own girl-gang to keep her and Nita Ambani company. Urmila Matondkar was seen flaunting a stylish English hat.

Shabana’s favourite director Shayam Benegal was surprisingly not present. Farhan Akthar was missing too. Spotted from the director’s club were David Dhawan, Satish Kaushik and Gurindar Chadha.

“The party was a lot of fun and the `headgear theme’ brought out the sporty side of the film-industry. What a relief from usual formals!” said Tabu.http://www.bangaloremirror.com/article/24/2010091920100919184905658e5b43c4c/Who-cares-about-numbers.html

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