MUMBAI: Guests at the wedding reception of Salman Khan’s sister Arpita Khan were surprised at Shahrukh Khan’s fashionably late entrance at 2am.
The reception was held on Friday night at the Taj Land’s End in Mumbai.
“Shah Rukh Khan came very late, but he was in his element even at that time of the night. He chatted with the bride and her husband, with Salman-Arpita’s parents and danced with Salman,” a guest said.
Salman’s good friend Govinda, who is in the limelight again after the rave reviews for his two back-to-back releases, couldn’t go to Hyderabad for the wedding as he was promoting the two films – “Kill Dil” and “Happy Ending”.
He was at his chirpy best at the Mumbai reception and seen in a long amiable conversation with his director friend David Dhawan, thereby putting an end to the speculation of differences between the two.
Shatrughan Sinha and daughter Sonakshi were also seen, as were Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty.
No one from the Bachchan clan was present for the reception, but the Kapoor family was represented by Randhir Kapoor and his elder daughter Karisma. Kareena and her husband Saif Ali Khan were reportedly holidaying in London and could not attend the reception.
The veteran brigade was led by Dilip Kumar, who arrived with his beautiful wife Saira Banu early in the evening. In a rare show of respect, Salman and his father Salim Khan, bride Arpita and groom Ayush came down to the lobby area of the hotel to personally receive Dilip Kumar and accompany him inside.