Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; November 13, 2017)

Boney Kapoor brought in his 62nd birthday at his Chennai residence on Saturday with actress-wife Sridevi micromanaging the party. “It was a special day thanks to my wife. We brought in the birthday with family on the night of November 10, followed by a lunch in the afternoon. In the evening, a group of around 30 close friends from Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Chennai joined us and we partied till past 3 am,” informs the filmmaker.

Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi, filmmaker couple Gauri Shinde and R Balki, Ravi Udyawar, the director of Sridevi’s last film Mom, Kamal Haasan, Priyadarshan, A R Rahman with wife Saira, designer Manish Malhotra, Zee Entertainment honcho Punit Goenka, businessman Sanjay Reddy with wife Pinky Reddy and politician Amar Singh were also present. “Sri had left two days early and decorated the house with everything I liked, my favourite flowers and colours to the dishes I love, with our cook from Mumbai being flown down to prepare them. She has collected art from all over the world and these were brilliantly showcased. Her sister and my brother-in-law helped her set it up,” says the elated producer.

They sang old songs with Javed and Amar Singh at their vocal best. “I can’t sing but others did. When everyone was crooning “Happy Birthday” Javed saab joked, ‘how can so many besuras sing in front of a maestro like Rahman who didn’t sing himself’. Rahman was wondering how besurars we are,” laughs Boney, adding he was glad Haasan, an old friend who has worked with Sridevi in a number of films, including Sadma, could make it. “She has lost count but Kamal insists they have worked in around 25-26 films. Punit and his wife had an early morning flight but stayed back late.”

Balki was shooting and despite packing up late, took a late flight to Chennai. “My daughter Khushi’s birthday was on November 5 but unfortunately she was away on a school trip then so we celebrated both birthdays and doubled our happiness,” adds an emotional Boney, admitting he received a special gift from Sridevi but refused to divulge details.

The actress and her filmmaker husband Boney Kapoor have taken off to London to bring in his 62nd b’day with a double celebration
Sanyukta Iyer (MUMBAI MIRROR; November 1, 2017)

It will be two weeks of cosy dinners, meeting buddies based in London and luxe shopping on Bond Street for Boney Kapoor and wife Sridevi. The couple jetted off to the Queen’s City on Monday. Daughters Jhanvi and Khushi are expected to make it in time for Boney’s 62th birthday dinner on November 11.

Mirror has learnt that Sridevi is hosting a small bash to ring in the special day with many surprise gifts for her “Number One”. That’s how she referred to her doting hubby during the recent karwa chauth celebration when the duo posed for several lovey dovey pictures together, setting the internet buzzing with the hashtag ‘couple goals’ after Boney planted a kiss on his wife.

“Sridevi and Boney love whizzing off to Europe for their annual family holidays. They had planned this getaway a while ago. It’s a double celebration to bring in Boney’s birthday and raise a toast to Mom’s success as also Sridevi’s golden jubilee run in the movies,” a source close to the couple told Mirror.

London has become synonymous with Kapoor bashes with both Anil and Sunita Kapoor ringing in their respective birthdays with the entire khandaan at the iconic nightclub, Annabel’s Mayfair. Boney and Sridevi are also going to be staying there.

Over the last one month, Boney has been busy planning an upcoming feature film based on real events. Once he returns, he’ll dive straight into prep for the next six months.