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PIX: Steven Spielberg floors Big B and Bollywood

Last updated on: March 12, 2013 18:55 IST

Image: Steven Spielberg and Amitabh Bachchan

Award-winning filmmaker Steven Spileberg, who arrived in India on March 11, interacted with some of the brightest filmmakers from Bollywood in a session hosted by Anil and Tina Ambani and moderated by Amitabh Bachchan at Taj Land's End in Bandra, a western Mumbai suburb.

The 90-minute invitation-only session, held in the ballroom of the five-star hotel was attended by 50-odd filmmakers from Bollywood while Spielberg's wife Kate Capshaw and DreamWorks' co-chair Stacey Snider were also present.

Bachchan, who makes his Hollywood debut with Baz Luhrman's multistarrer The Great Gatsby this summer, kept the legendary filmmaker company as he fielded questions.

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Anil Ambani, Stacey Snider, Steven Spielberg and Amitabh Bachchan

Image: Anil Ambani, Stacey Snider, Steven Spielberg and Amitabh Bachchan

Spielberg's host in India, Anil Ambani will throw a star-studded bash for the director later this evening.

The Relaince ADA Group, headed by Ambani, signed a deal with Spielberg's Dreamworks Studios to produce films in 2008.

So far, the collaboration has resulted in two acclaimed films -- The Adventures Of Tintin and Academy Award-winning Daniel Day-Lewis starrer Lincoln.

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Jaya Bachchan and Kiran Rao

Image: Jaya Bachchan and Kiran Rao

Jaya Bachchan, dressed in white, played the perfect co-hostess as she mingled with guests and actively participated int he discussion.

Bachchan greets Kiran Rao, one of the invited filmmakers.

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Javed Akhtar, Madhur Bhandarkar and Ramesh Sippy

Image: Javed Akhtar, Madhur Bhandarkar and Ramesh Sippy

Along with new talent of the Hindi film industry, the veterans hold court at the discussion too.

Noted lyricist and erstwhile screenplay writer Javed Akhtar was deep in conversation with Sholay director Ramesh Sippy and Madhur Bhandarkar.

Bhandarkar excitedly posted a picture of him with Spielberg and tweeted, "it sure was a mesmerising & insightful master class with the master of the craft #StevenSpeilberg & @SrBachchan"

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Steven Spielberg and Rajkumar Hirani

Image: Steven Spielberg and Rajkumar Hirani

Director Rajkumar Hirani was delighted to have a one-on-one conversation with the noted filmmaker.

Spielberg told the gathered crowd that he had liked Hirani's 3 Idiots, starring Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi and R Madhavan.

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Reema Kagti, Zoya Akhtar and Anurag Kashyap

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Directors Reema Kagti, Zoya Akhtar and Anurag Kashyap interact at the do.


 

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Kunal Kohli, Prabhu Deva and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Image: Kunal Kohli, Prabhu Deva and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Filmmakers Kunal Kohli, Prabhu Deva and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra pose for pictures during the session.

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R Balki, Sudhir Mishra and Shyam Benegal

Image: R Balki, Sudhir Mishra, Shyam Benegal and Ramesh Sippy

Sudhir Mishra and Shyam Benegal warmly greet each other as R Balki (in blue shirt) and Ramesh Sippy look on.

Balki's wife Gauri Shinde who made her directorial debut with English Vinglish last year, was one of the five women directors invited to the do.

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Rohan Sippy and Sriram Raghavan

Image: Rohan Sippy and Sriram Raghavan

Nautanki Saala director Rohan Sippy caught up with Agent Vinod director Sriram Raghavan.

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Ashutosh Gowarikar

Image: Ashutosh Gowarikar

Director Ashutosh Gowarikar, who looked dapper in his white jacket, shares a light moment with Madhur Bhandarkar.

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Tina Ambani

Image: Tina Ambani and Zoya Akhtar

Hostess Tina Ambani, dressed in impeccable white, welcomes Zoya Akhtar.

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The invited guests

Image: The invited guests

The guests posed with Spielberg at the end of the session.

Abbas-Mustan, Homi Adajania, Bejoy Nambiar, Kunal Deshmukh, lyricist Prasoon Joshi, Rajshree Ojha (Aisha director), Rajkumar Gupta, Vikramaditya Motwane and Ayan Mukherjee were among the 40-odd guests at the do.

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The invite

Image: The invite. Inset: Bejoy Nambiar
Photographs: Invite pic: Bejoy Nambiar/Twitter

David director Bejoy Nambiar tweeted a picture (above) of the invite and tweeted, "The day starts on a good note !"

Spielberg revealed during the course of the session that he's planning a film based on Indo-Pak border.

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