Manish Malhotra's 50th birthday bash: All the pics from inside the designer's big celebration

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:

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.

Looking all coupled-up were Aishwarya Rai-Abhishek Bachchan, Akshay Kumar-Twinkle Khanna and Kareena Kapoor-Saif Ali Khan.

The Kapoor clan made their way into the birthday celebrations:

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:

The young ‘un’s club:

Another one from the girls: