The Bollywood brigade graced the Apsara awards held on January 25 at the Yash Raj studio in Andheri, a western Mumbai suburb.

Kareena Kapoor, who has quite an eventful year ahead of her -- her film Agent Vinod is finally ready to see the light of the day and a wedding may be on cards too -- looked positively radiant in her white gown as she arrived for the show.

The current tour de force in Bollywood, actress Vidya Balan made yet another appearance in a trusted Sabyasachi sari and looked great.

Vidya picked up another Best Actress award for her sensational turn as Silk in Milan Luthria's The Dirty Picture.

Actress Anushka Sharma, who's usually seen working western outfits, sported an intricately designed sari for the event.

Priyanka Chopra, who is riding high on the success of Agneepath, went the sari route as well for the show.

The actress picked up the Entertainer of The Year award and was taken by surprise.

She later tweeted, "had a great time at the apsara awards last night..entertainer of the year..now thats an award i didn't expect..dunno how to do anything else."

The actress's cousin Parineeti Chopra picked up the Best Supporting Actress award as well as the Best Debut (Female) award for her role in Ladies v/s Ricky Bahl.

Actress Shazahn Padamsee wore a glamorous cutout dress for the event.

The evening saw several scintillating performances from actresses like Ameesha Patel, Anushka Sharma and Kareena Kapoor.

Soon-to-be-married couple Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza performed on a medley of songs, narrating their love story.

Ameesha Patel joined the sari brigade at the event, as she arrived in a black lacy number.

The petite actress danced to some recent hit songs like Chikni Chameli (Agneepath), Oh la la (The Dirty Picture) and Madhubala (Mere Brother in Dulhan).

Actress Sameera Reddy, who starred in the hit Tamil film Vettai, was yet another attendee in a sari.

Yesteryear star and politician Vinod Khanna, who'd arrived with wife Kavita, posed for pictures with Zeenat Aman at the red carpet.

A frail-looking Rajesh Khanna was one of the attendees at the awards show.

The erstwhile superstar later joined his contemporaries -- Vinod Khanna, Zeenat Aman and Jaya Bachchan -- on stage to commemorate 100 years of Indian cinema.

Sridevi, who's all set to come back on the silver screen with English Vinglish, wore a gorgeous floor length Ellie Saab gown for the event.

She was accompanied by producer husband Boney Kapoor.

The toast of this year's award season, Ranbir Kapoor cut a dapper picture in suit as he arrived for the do. He picked up the Best Actor trophy for his film, Rockstar.

Meanwhile, his father Rishi Kapoor is also getting rave reviews for his work in Agneepath.

Model/veejay Sophie Choudry looked glam in her red hot gown.

Yesteryear actress Vyjayantimala greeted the crowd as she arrived on the red carpet in her trademark outfit and bindi.

Jaya Bachchan accompanied son Abhishek to the event as both their spouses were absent.

Amitabh Bachchan won a special award for his popular television game show, Kaun Banega Crorepati.

Siblings Farhan and Zoya Akhtar made a joint entry at the show.

While Farhan won the Best Supporting actor trophy for his role in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, sister Zoya picked up the Best Director trophy.

Ek Deewana Tha lead pair Prateik Babbar and Amy Jackson didn't only arrive for the do together but wore colour-coordinated outfits as well.

Meanwhile, yet another sari was spotted on actress Dia Mirza who flashed her pearlies for the shutterbugs.

Mahie Gill, who gave an impressive performance in Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster last year, was among the attendees.

TV actress Sakshi Tanwar won the Best Actress award for her show Bade Achche Lagte Hain jointly with Ragini Khanna of Sasural Genda Phool fame.

Starlet Shraddha Sharma, who added to the Bigg Boss madness with her presence in the fifth season of the popular reality show, looked chirpy as she arrived.

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