The crowd cheered as the director's wife and actress Shefali Shah in a shimmering pastel sari talked with the cameras.

Bobby Deol [Images] strolled in looking dapper in a white embroidered shirt while Isha Koppikar [Images], who was accompanied by her brother, sizzled in a black velvet cat-suit.

Hrishitaa Bhatt breezed in looking ravishing in a halter top. Directors Abbas-Mastan in trademark white preferred to maintain a low profile as did diamond merchant-producer Bharat Shah. Suresh Oberoi and family came in with Vivek, while director Ashutosh Gowariker was accompanied by wife Sunita.

Leading lady Priyanka Chopra [Images] dazzled in a white sequinned skirt and an off-shoulder top.

The arrival of the Bachchans -- Amitabh [Images] and Abhishek -- both in dapper black suits brought the house down, as they walked in with industrialist Anil Ambani.

In the picture: Priyanka chats with Abhishek Bachchan [Images].
Inset: Akshay Kumar [Images]