Salman Khan’s 60th birthday bash on his farmhouse in Panvel on the outskirts of Mumbai turned out to be a subdued affair. Among the guests were cricketer M S Dhoni and his wife.
“They stayed for quite a while and Dhoni even danced to Salman numbers,” one of Salman’s prominent guests tells me on Saturday morning. “The party wrapped up a while ago. In fact the guests are still trickling out. Many of them are staying over at the farmhouse. But Dhoni and his wife left for Mumbai after the party.”
The director-friend describes the party as “subdued” but fun. “There was a lot of booze. But Salman didn’t drink. He kept saying, ‘I can’t believe I am 60. I don’t feel it.’ All of us kept reassuring you him he didn’t look his age.”
Salman’s parents , though frail and too weak to travel, finally made it to Panvel for the celebrations. Salman’s father Salim Khan insisted he was celebrating Christmas and his son birthday and wore a Santa cap to prove his point.
The turnout was poor considering this was the Superstar’s 60th. His two Khan superstar friends Aamir and Shah Rukh Khan are off for their New Year vacation. In fact Aamir told me he really wanted to attend Salman’s birthday party but had other plans.
But where were Salman’s director friends? Kabir Khan, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ali Abbas Zafar, the three directors who have contributed the most to Salman’s career were missing. Even Apoorva Lakhia who is directing Salman’s current project had to miss the bash as he was putting finishing touches to the Battle Of Galwan trailer till 2 am on December 27.
