Steven Spielberg Lands in Mumbai to celebrate the success of 'Lincoln'

By FNN | March 12, 2013, 3:16am IST

Summary: The director has arrived in Mumbai to celebrate the success of "Lincoln" with DreamWorks' financial backer and billionaire Anil Ambani, chairman of Reliance Group.

Ace Hollywood Director Steven Spielberg is in India to celebrate the success of 'Lincoln' with Indian Billionaire Anil Ambani, chairman of Reliance Group. Spielberg will also conduct a "master class" for Indian directors, sharing tips and stories from his forty-plus years in filmmaking. As many as 61 professionals from Indian film industry are expected to attend the event.

The 66-year-old director and his wife Kate Capshaw arrived in India Monday morning and are staying at the Taj Mahal Hotel in the Coloba section of Mumbai. Anil Ambani and his wife Tina Ambani will be hosting the celebrated Hollywood couple. A special party is being organized in the director's honor tonight at their residence.

Some of the big names from Bollywood that are attending tonight's party are Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Rajkumar Hirani, Anurag Kashyap, Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar, Abhishek Kapoor, Habib Faisal, Ram Gopal Varma, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Farah Khan.

Speaking about the masterclass -- a source said "It can be called master class session wherein Spielberg will be imparting knowledge to Indian directors and [will] be learning from them as well."

The celebrities to be present at the masterclass are:

1. Abhay Chopra
2. Abhishek Kapoor
3. Anurag Kashyap
4. AR Murgadoss
5. Ashutosh Gowarikar
6. Ayaan Mukherjee
7. R.Balki
8. Bejoy Nambiar
9. David Dhawan
10. Farah Khan
11. Gauri Shinde
12. Habib Faisal
13. Homi Adajania
14. Indra Kumar
15. Javed Akhtar
16. Kabir Khan
17. Kapil Chopra
18. Karan Bhutani
19. Karan Johar
20. Karan Shah
21. Kiran Rao
22. Kunal Deshmukh
23. Kunal Kohli
24. Madhur Bhandarkar
25. Mahesh Bhatt
26. Milan Luthria
27. Nagesh Kukunoor
28. Nishikant Kamath
29. Onir
30. Priyadarshan
31. Prabhudheva
32. Prasoon Joshi
33. Rahul Bhatt
34. Rajkumar Gupta
35. Rajshree Ohja
36. Rajkumar Hirani
37. Rakesh Roshan
38. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
39. Ramesh Sippy
40. Ram Gopal Varma
41. Reema Kagti
42. Renzil D'Silva
43. Rohan Sippy
44. Rohit Dhawan
45. Rohit Shetty
46. Sajid Khan
47. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
48. Shimit Amin
49. Shoojit Sircar
50. Shyam Benegal
51. Sriram Raghavan
52. Subhash Ghai
53. Sudhir Mishra
54. Sujoy Ghosh
55. Tigmanshu Dhulia
56. Vikas Bahl
57. Vikram Bhatt
58. Zoya Akhtar
59. Vikramaditya Motwane
60. Vipul Shah
61. Vishal Bhardwaj

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