At Karan Johar's Big Fat Bollywood Party: Salman Khan, Aishwarya And Abhishek Bachchan, Katrina Kaif And Vicky Kaushal

Hrithik Roshan attended with girlfriend Saba Azad, Aamir Khan and ex-wife Kiran Rao went together, Ranbir Kapoor brought his mom Neetu

Karan Johar celebrated turning 50 with the grandest of parties held at Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai on Wednesday night. Everyone who is anyone in Bollywood was there – those who were not had good reason to be absent. Chief among the absentees were Alia Bhatt, to whom Karan Johar is mentor, and Deepika Padukone – Alia is abroad filming her Hollywood debut Heart Of Stone and Deepika is currently on jury duty at the Cannes Film Festival. Also absent, at least from the red carpet, were Karan Johar's closest friends Shah Rukh and Gauri Khan – Gauri was at a more intimate gathering held at KJo's home to bring in his birthday the night before.

Nearly everyone else marked their presence at Karan Johar's big fat Bollywood birthday party. Salman Khan, with whom the filmmaker reportedly shared frosty relations in the past (and plainly a thing of the past, topped the celebrity roll-call.

Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal, who married last December, attended together. Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan made a glamorous couple's entry, having recently returned from Cannes – Abhishek and Karan Johar have been friends since they were children.

The stars of much-awaited upcoming film Laal Singh Chaddha arrived with plus-ones – Karan Johar's close friend Kareena Kapoor was escorted by husband Saif Ali Khan and Aamir Khan attended with ex-wife Kiran Rao, also a very good friend of the birthday boy. Karan and Kareena share one of Bollywood's storied friendships and working relationships; he directed her in films like Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham and We Are Family.