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SUBAHASH GHAI TALK
Subhash Ghai hasn't been called the Showman for nothing. On his 65th
birthday on Saturday evening, Ghai pulled off what the original Showman
Raj Kapoor had done in Mera Naam Joker. In the declining year of his long and chequered career, Ghai invited all the actors from all his films beginning with KalicharanBlack & White and Yuvvraaj in 2008.
From the newbies like Katrina Kaif and Zayed Khan (Yuvvraaj) to the more senior stalwarts like Rishi Kapoor, Tina Ambani(Karz) and Reena Roy (Kalicharan), they were all expected to make the evening memorable for the filmmaker.
The breathtaking guestlist that was expected to be seen at the Hyatt
read like the who's who of the Mumbai entertainment industry. From
Ghai's close friend and adopted family members, Shatrughan Sinha and
his Poonam to foe-turned-friend Salman Khan, Jackie Shroff and Anil
Kapoor to Vivek Mushran and Apoorva Agnihotri and Anurag Sinha….all the
successful and not-so-successful Ghai heroes were expected to be
present at an evening of nostalgia and restrospection.
Then of course there was the gallery of Ghai's heroines from Manisha
Koirala and Mahima Chowdhary to the more recent discoveries Isha
Sharvani and Aditi Sharma, the ladies were all expected to be present.
Ghai had sent out personal hand-written letters to all the invitees, a la Raj Kapoor in Mera Naam Joker. Two of the most significant Ghai heroine Meenakshi Sheshadri and Madhuri Dixit couldn't make it as they live abroad.
The star-spangled night promised to bring Dilip Kumar, Salman Khan and
Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan under the
same roof.
Said Ghai on the morning of the big bash, "But it wasn't about the
stars. It was about my emotional tie with the people I worked with.
Ideally I'd want all my actors and technicians to be there. I've
invited everyone not to show off and talk about my films but to share a
quiet evening with the people who contributed to my life."
Coincidentally(one would hope), Shilpa Shetty decided to get engaged on
Saturday at her fiancé Raj Kundra's residence, the same evening when
Subhash Ghai planned the biggest bash of his evening inviting the (Anil
Kapoor) to (Zayed Khan) of the film industry to share his moment of
glory. Guests common to both the functions were put into a quandary,
specially so since the timing for both the events was the same.
Adnan Sami who was invited to both the functions intended to attend
both."I can't miss Subhashji's function. I'm not only an artiste
associated with his cinema, I'm also a part of Mumbai's entertainment
industry. He is undoubtedly one of the most influential figures of the
Indian entertainment industry. At the same time, it is the most
important day of Shilpa's life. So I'll scamper from the one to
another."
Another actor however had no intention of extending such generosity
over his time. "Who is the more glamorous and happening host of the
evening? Who wants to watch an over-the-hill filmmaker preening over
his past glory?"
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