The choreographer's party for the Brit was a lot of naach-gaana, khana and khilana
Sanyukta Iyer (MUMBAI MIRROR; November 20, 2017)

The pool-side terrace lawn of Farah Khan's suburban residence was lit up in blue and white with a lavish buffet of continental, oriental and Indian delicacies for her filmi friends and British singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran, who arrived in Mumbai on Friday for a concert that is a part of his Divide Album Asia tour. Farah had spent two days finalising the sumptuous menu, making sure that all of Ed's desi favourites, including spicy curries, were prepared to perfection.

Baker extraordinaire, Rushina, created a life-sized chocolate and butterscotch "standing guitar cake" on Farah's orders — a replica of Ed's signature guitar. The singer was impressed with the detailing on the cake, which also featured a side 'x' sticker that's on his guitar too.

"It was an insane night as Govinda's hit tracks, including the Coolie No. 1 chartbuster "Main To Raste Se Ja Raha Tha" to "O Lal Dupattewali Tera Naam To Bata" from Aankhen played on. Farah and Ed had everyone on their feet," laughs a guest from the bash which continued until sunrise.

Farah donned her choreographer hat and had Ed dancing to songs from her directorial, Om Shanti Om and tracks by rappers Honey Singh and Badshah. She laughed that "Ed is in love with the shape of me!" Farah called out to Vishal Dadlani when "Malhari" from Bajirao Mastani came on and was quick to inform Ed that the singer-composer had delivered this chartbuster. By the end of the night, the Brit admited to being completely in love with India and joked that he was ready for his Bollywood debut," the source added.

Shah Rukh Khan arrived later in the night, as did his co-star Katrina Kaif (the duo is presently shooting for Aanand L Rai's dwarf film together), and were received with kisses from the hostess who got them dancing immediately. Farah later shared a picture of herself getting cheeky with the badshah with the caption, "Any chance to kiss my handsome friend... always the highlight of any party... loving the shape of you since 25 years."

Also at the receiving end of her kisses were Shahid Kapoor and wife Mira Rajput who made a quick entry and exit, making sure to shake a leg with Shahid's younger brother, Ishaan Khatter. Ishaan stayed close to his Dhadak co-star Janhvi, Sridevi and Boney Kapoor's daughter, as also Sara, Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh's first-born.

Abhishek Bachchan, who had hosted the ginger-haired singer during his 2015 Mumbai tour, arrived with close friend Sikander Kher and brother-in-law Kunal Kapoor. Athiya Shetty drove in with Mubarakan costar Ileana D'Cruz, Sushant Singh Rajput arrived with Kriti Sanon and Rajkummar Rao with girlfriend Patralekha. Other guests included Karan Johar, Punit Malhotra, Malaika Arora Khan, Bhumi Pednekar and Neha Dhupia. Aftab Shivdasani with wife Nin Dosanj, Sanjay and Maheep Kapoor, Nandita Mahtani, Rhea Kapoor, Rahul Khanna, Goldie Behl with actresswife Sonali Bendre, Shaan, Shreyas Talpade, Vikram Phadnis, Harshvardhan Rane and Aditya Thakarey were there too.

Farah had also invited all the participants and crew members from her TV reality show, Lip Sing Battle, as well as brother Sajid Khan, who she took several digs at, starting with, "How about showing Ed Housefull!" The Khan siblings were at their hilarious best, laughing over some of Bollywood's biggest flops and pointing out to Ed that many of them were created by guests at the party. "Farah's triplets — Diva, Anya and Czar — who are fans of the "Thinking Out Loud" hit-maker were fast asleep downstairs while the party rocked on the terrace. Ed decided to surprise them and the 10-year-olds had a meet-and-greet session with the special guest in their bedroom. "It was beautiful," smiles the source.

While many stars handed Ed and his team souvenirs from India and letters from fans as they queued up for selfies, the singer's eyes lit-up when Farah handed him her special present — a custom-made Manish Malhotra sherwani.