All the gup from the birthday girl’s big bash which had hearts and feet tripping
Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; October 24, 2019)

Malaika Arora, dazzling in a metallic dress, brought in her 46th birthday in style a day early at a suburban five-star on Tuesday. Famous friends turned up to wish her and while beau Arjun Kapoor was one of the first guests to arrive and among the last to leave, Malaika’s girl gang of sister Amrita Arora and Karisma and Kareena Kapoor, along with socialite Natasha Poonawalla also joined in the revelry.

At the party, the birthday girl was quoted as saying that this is the first time in the last six-seven years that she is in the city on D-Day so she decided to celebrate with friends and family. According to a guest at the party, Malaika had been planning it for almost a month. “Her buddies worked their schedules around to be there. Everyone who has been associated with her over the decades was on the guest list,” the source informs, describing it as a “perfect house party, only this one was hosted at a hotel.”

Cousins Janhvi and Shanaya Kapoor arrived together with bestie Ananya Panday. So did new BFFs Aadar Jain and Tara Sutaria, twinning in black. “Kareena, Karisma, Karan Johar and their friends stuck together as did these three childhood buddies,” adds the source.

Akshay Kumar with wife Twinkle Khanna stopped by for a while; Gauri Khan was also in attendance, so were Shweta Bachchan Nanda, Dino Morea, who is one of Malaika’s oldest friends, Karan Tacker and Riteish Deshmukh. Among the couples were Chunky and Bhavana Panday, Sanjay and Maheep Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao and Patralekhaa, Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra, Angad Bedi and Neha Dhupia, Rhea Kapoor and Karan Boolani and Arjun Rampal and Gabriella Demetriades. Arjun posted a picture with Malaika and his Kapoor namesake, quipping, “Mere Arjun aur Arjun aagaye.”

Malaika fed the first piece of her cake to son Arhaan. Besides cake, there was an elaborate buffet and an even bigger desserts station. While Malaika grooved to “Kaun Nachdi” from Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety, Arjun shook a leg to “Proper Patola” from Namaste England and Simmba’s “Aankh Maarey”. Shah Rukh Khan, arrived around 1.30 am and stayed for almost two hours, dancing on his Dil Se chartbuster “Chaiyya Chaiyya” with Malaika.

On Wednesday, Arjun Kapoor posted an image, Dil Se, from their Milan trip, adding a heart emoji. The couple is yet to make an official announcement, but online PDA has been the way to go for them for a while now.