The glam brigade’s favourite designer Manish Malhotra brought in his 50th birthday with a grand bash in Mumbai on Monday night, 5 December. Firstpost had previously reported how Malhotra’s close friend, filmmaker Karan Johar, was planning a suitable celebration to mark the milestone. Further, Manish had travelled to the maldives with actress Katrina Kaif for a project, where the duo held a tiny pre-birthday celebration as well: Manish Malhotra's 50th birthday bash to be planned by Karan Johar; Katrina kick-starts celebration The party saw the who’s who of Bollywood make an appearance, including Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma (arm-in-arm and in complementary outfits) who grabbed the attention of the fans and shutterbugs gathered outside the venue:
Virat and Anushka weren’t the only ’twin acts’ spotted at the do. Rhea-Sonam Kapoor, Malaika-Amrita Arora, and Shilpa-Shamita Shetty represented the ‘sisters brigade’ while models Sanea Shaikh and Alesia Raut and Katrina Kaif-Shweta Bachchan Nanda decided to team up for photo-ops. So did Parineeti Chopra-Shraddha Kapoor. [caption id=“attachment_3142398” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]  Rhea-Sonam Kapoor; Sanea Shaikh-Alesia Raut. Photos: Sachin Gokhale/Firstpost[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3142400” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]  Shamita-Shilpa Shetty; Shweta Bachchan Nanda with Katrina Kaif. Photos: Sachin Gokhale/Firstpost[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_3142432” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]  Amrita and Malaika Arora; Parineeti Chopra with Shraddha Kapoor. Photos: Sachin Gokhale/Firstpost[/caption] Looking all coupled-up were Aishwarya Rai-Abhishek Bachchan, Akshay Kumar-Twinkle Khanna and Kareena Kapoor-Saif Ali Khan. [caption id=“attachment_3142438” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]  Photos by Sachin Gokhale/Firstpost[/caption] The Kapoor clan made their way into the birthday celebrations: [caption id=“attachment_3142440” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]  Sreedevi brings up the rear while Boney Kapoor escorts their daughters Khushi and Jhanvi into the party[/caption] As for photos from inside the bash, here goes: Here’s the birthday boy with best friend Karan Johar:With Sreedevi and Sohie Choudry:
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan greets Manish:
Karisma Kapoor and Kajol share a laugh with Manish:
With the ‘gang’:
Malaika Arora Khan shows how the ladies party:Putting their best pout forward:The men in black — Shah Rukh Khan joins in the fun:
Shah Rukh Khan with Karan Johar at Manish Malhotra's birthday party in Mumbai.#RaeesTrailerTomorrow pic.twitter.com/iOVrfSeM0b
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The young ‘un’s club:
Another one from the girls: