From SRK’s Secret Entry To Aishwarya Rai’s Seating, The Inside Scoop On Manish Malhotra’s Diwali Bash
King Shah Rukh Khan always comes from the back entrance of Manish's house in order to avoid being photographed.
Designer Manish Malhotra’s annual Diwali bash is the most famous party in Bollywood, and if you get invited, well, you’ve definitely made it. From famous actors to billionaires to cricketers, everyone shows up and brings their best glam. And while we always see who poses with whom, we rarely get to know what happens behind closed doors. Well, here’s everything you need to know!
About Manish Malhotra’s Diwali Party
The editor of Rolla, Namrata Zakaria, who was invited to this year’s bash at Manish Malhotra’s Mumbai home, shared what went on inside the party. According to her, Malhotra usually invites 400 people to his Pali Hill home, yet this year he tried to bring it down to 200, but couldn’t make it less than 300. The entrance to his house is through a parking lot, which has a decorated wall for about 80-100 paparazzi. This year, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan’s entry together created a lot of buzz along with stars like Kareena Kapoor, Nita Ambani, Karan Johar, Madhuri Dixit, Akshay Kumar, and many more.
She said that King Shah Rukh Khan always comes from the back entrance of Manish’s house in order to avoid being photographed. And even inside the party, his bodyguard, Ravi Singh, politely asks guests to delete any group or individual pictures that may have captured SRK from afar. And if you, as a guest, get missed by him and end up sharing a pic with the actor in the background, well then you won’t be invited to any more of Manish’s soirees. Namrata further revealed that the party happens on the second floor of his home, where a giant living room and a dining room, along with two terraces, are merged.
And the most exclusive section is the living room, where a corner is lined with plush white sofas, and if Salman Khan enters, then he will be seated there for the rest of the party, and everyone, including Madhuri Dixit, will go there to greet him. Aishwarya Rai also sits there, and after Salman leaves, many other actors line up to greet her as well. Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan also reportedly sit there, where SRK greets everyone with a warm hug and a kiss on the hand, even while you’re meeting him for the first time, but he just doesn’t allow any pictures.
