Karan Johar turns 43: Bollywood tweets birthday wishes

Instead of throwing a grand birthday bash in Mumbai, like every year, Karan Johar decided to bring in his 43rd birthday in the UK. The director-producer celebrated the occasion with some close friends including his Bombay Velvet co-star Ranbir Kapoor, director Ayan Mukherjee, Shweta Bachchan and few others at the Clarifges Hotel Mayfair in London. He also found company in Shilpa Shetty and her entrepreneur husband, Raj Kundra. Shilpa posted a picture with the birthday boy on her Instagram account. She also tweeted, "Happy happy birthday @karanjohar what fun it was last night.Wishing u all the love luck and success, have a cracking year." [sic]

Read on to know what has Karan Johar planned for his birthday...

Bollywood's beloved filmmaker, Karan Johar, who turned 43 today, is apparently not celebrating his big day today. The head honcho of Dharma Productions will not have his grand trademark birthday bash in Mumbai this year, reports Bollywoodlife.com. According to the report, the party is delayed as Karan is off to London. Apparently, KJo has sent out a message inviting his near and dear ones, and asked them to ‘save-the-date’ some time next week, the report stated. Further to the report, Karan will be throwing a joint bash with Dino Morea’s younger brother Santino.

Read further to know what Karan's friends tweeted on his birthday...

The filmmaker-actor has had several hit Bollywood films to his credit. And recently, his portrayal of Kaizaad Khambata in Bombay Velvet was much talked about. He is currently working on Brothers, Shaandar, Shhuddhi, Ram Lakhan and Ayan Mukerji's untitled project. Popular among the Bollywood folks, KJo received a series of birthday wishes on social media platform. Here's what the celebs tweeted...

(Disclaimer: All tweets have been sourced from Twitter and written as is)

Alia Bhatt ‏@aliaa08:
"Happy birthday to my favourite @karanjohar !!!!! Love you love you to the stars and back"

Sidharth Malhotra ‏@S1dharthM:
"Happy birthday @karanjohar thank you for being the way you are,love you for it,big hug"

Tanishaa Mukerji ‏@TanishaaMukerji:
"Happy Birthday Karan. To always growing but never growing old! @karanjohar"

Farah Khan ‏@TheFarahKhan:
"@karanjohar oh ho Just whn I thought I'll finally attend ur bday party uv left the country happy birthday Karu.."

Ranganathan Madhavan ‏@ActorMadhavan:
"@karanjohar Heyyy Karan .. Wish you a very Happy birthday and an awesome year ahead....."

Punit Malhotra ‏@punitdmalhotra:
"Happy Birthday @karanjohar Hope the party and fun you're having in London continues all year. Have a stellar year"

Varun Dhawan ‏@Varun_dvn:
"#HappyBirthdayKaranJohar @karanjohar hope you have the most amazing year big hug. Wanna dedicate this song to U http://bit.ly/HBDzmc"

Aftab Shivdasani ‏@AftabShivdasani:
"Hey K! @karanjohar here's wishing you a very happy birthday, have a blast! Love."

Sujoy Ghosh ‏@sujoy_g:
"happy birthday @karanjohar ... lots of cake and happiness in the post.."

Bipasha Basu ‏@bipsluvurself:
"Happy happy birthday to the guy who has the most wicked sense of humour n enviable wit.The super fun @karanjohar !Love always"

Nimrat Kaur ‏@NimratOfficial:
"Happy happy @karanjohar here's to flying planes and all the very few things you've left for others to attempt ! Have a swell one !!"

Milap Zaveri ‏@zmilap:
"Happy birthday @karanjohar Have a super duper day and a blockbuster year!"

Preity Zinta ‏@realpreityzinta:
"Happy Birthday my darling @karanjohar Thanks4 being so mad,so talented,so emotional,so wicked & so original always. Love u loads ting"

Shirish Kunder ‏@ShirishKunder:
"Although I wished you personally last night, who doesn't love public attention. Wish you a very Happy Birthday @karanjohar! Lots of love"

Jackky Bhagnani ‏@jackkybhagnani:
"Happy happy bday to a funtastic yaar @karanjohar stay the wonderful person that you are...Lots of love."

Shraddha Kapoor ‏@ShraddhaKapoor:
"Happy birthday @karanjohar ! Wish you never ending happiness, success & hit movies for life!"

Manish Paul ‏@ManishPaul03:
"Many many happy returns of the day @karanjohar....stay as amazing always!!!!loads of love"

Vishal Dadlani ‏@VishalDadlani:
"Happy Birthday, @karanjohar ! Have a spectacular year! :)"

Dia Mirza ‏@deespeak:
"Have a wonderful year @karanjohar love love love"

Sophie Choudry ‏@Sophie_Choudry:
"Happy b'day to the one with the biggest heart, sharpest wit, beautiful mind & toooo much talent! Hv a fab year! Biggest hug @karanjohar"

Emraan Hashmi ‏@emraanhashmi:
"Happy birthday @karanjohar! Hope you have a fantastic year :)"