Bollywood's lavish Diwali parties this year

The festival of lights is at our doorsteps and Bollywood is ready to let its hair down and light it up in style Actresses Raveena Tandon and Shilpa Shetty have started early celebrations for Diwali by inviting close friends and colleagues from the industryFrom left Raj Kundra Shilpa Shamita Sunanda and Surendra Shetty pose for a family photo during the Diwali bash at the Kundrasrsquo on SundayBut it looks to get bigger and better as BTown biggies Amitabh Bachchan Aamir Khan Hrithik Roshan and Ekta Kapoor are all set to host grand parties hitlist takes a look at what these parties have to offer and whorsquos invitedHrithik RoshanHushhush bashRaveena Tandon hosted a quiet private Diwali celebration at home on Saturday The actress decked up her house with flowers and earthen lampsEkta KapoorAnil Kapoor and wife Sunita too had a few people over at their house including industry friends Anu and Shashi Ranjan and Archana Puran Singh with hubby Parmeet SethiAmitabh BachchanLight outOn the very next day festivities at Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty saw the attendance of quite a few film stars and directors Many of Shilparsquos friends Anil Kapoor Sonali Bendre Anu Dewan Harman Baweja Jeetendra and David Dhawan among others were part of this gettogetherAamir Khan are among the Bollywood celebs who have planned Diwali parties for their industry friends and colleaguesA source says ldquoThe party started at around 10pm and went on till 6am Shilpa played a gracious host and arranged quick spa sessions for them There was a counter for foot and back massages On the platter was a lavish spread of Mughlai dishes and everyone played poker Some of the guests had brought gifts for Shilpa and Raj and she will be getting the return gifts some personalised stuff delivered to their respective houses on the day of DiwalirdquoAnil Kapoor and below Raveena Tandon have already hosted Diwali parties at homeSome more to goOf all the Bollywood parties that create a lot of buzz include the ones hosted by Amitabh Bachchan at his Juhu bungalow Jalsa The guest list includes the whorsquos who of the industryRaveena Tandon PicYogen ShahThis year too many of the Bachchanrsquos friends including Shah Rukh Khan Anil Ambani Anupam and Kirron Kher Rishi Kapoor Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi Anurag Kashyap and a few other Alisters are likely to be part of his Diwali bash on October 24 on the day of Lakshmi puja Senior member of the party mostly like to play traditional card games while the younger lot sticks to video games The Bachchans are known to stick to Indian cuisine Hrithik Roshan has also planned a party at his place on the same dayGoldie Behl and Sonali Bendre last Harman Baweja and below Jeetendra were some of the guests at Shilpa Shettyrsquos festive bashAamir Khan likes to keep his Diwali gettogether limited to his small circle of friends ldquoHe is hosting a party on and his guest list includes Salman Khan Rajkumar Hirani Vidhu Vinod Chopra Ritesh Sidhwani and some of his costars like Anushka Sharma Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Jackie ShroffJeetendraHis children Aira and Junaid will be present at his place So will nephew Imran Khan and his wife Avantikardquo says a source The actor likes to order in food from a particular restaurant chain which is known to serve Mughlai food and biryaniHarman Baweja Another bash which Ekta Kapoor is planning would be held tonight coinciding with Dhanteras It is expected to see a mixed bag of celebrities from Bollywood and television world ldquoIt will be one of her regular star parties mdash guests coming over in designer clothes buffet in the driveway and so on While most TV actors are expected the younger lot from Bollywood like Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor are also likely to join in the revelry that will start at 930pm and go on till the wee hoursrdquo an industry source says