What a night it was! We are talking of Danny Boyle���s Slumdog Millionaire���s big night. The who���s who of Bollywood was at this event, hosted by Vijay Singh. After a press conference with the cast and crew, began the fun. Amidst dhol beats, the entire Slumdog gang, including the foreign crew members Jim Gianopoulos, Stephen Gilula and Christian Colson, stepped in to party.
Anil Kapoor was in his element. Daughter Sonam looked equally excited. Sridevi, looking pretty, came in with hubby Boney Kapoor. Aamir Khan made a rare appearance. Thespian Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu and Hrithik Roshan with Sussanne were present.
Madhuri Dixit, who is in Mumbai currently made an appearance. Sushmita Sen, Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar, Yash Chopra, Vidya Balan, Amrita Rao, Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone and Genelia D���Souza were all present. Arshad Warsi and Maria were there hand-in-hand (can we now put rumours of trouble between them to rest atleast for a while?). Jiah Khan���s red gown did grab a few eyeballs.
Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia were seen enjoying the movie. Nita and Mukesh Ambani put in a rare appearance. Zeenat Aman, Ila and Ishita Arun, Jeetendra and Tusshar Kapoor, Neha Dhupia and Ritwik Bhattacharya, Konkana SenSharma and Ranvir Shorey, Imran Khan, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Vipul Shah, Gulshan Grover were present among others. The winning streak of the film continues, as after the Golden Globe awards, the film has now got ten Oscar nominations including nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Original score, Best original song, Best sound mixing, Best sound editing, Best editing and Best cinematography. All eyes are on our very own music genius A R Rahman for the Oscars.