By Subhash K. Jha, February 10, 2011 - 13:58 IST
Kareena Kapoor showed up solo for Imran Khan's reception hosted on Saturday evening by his uncle Aamir Khan. Saif Ali Khan was shooting in far away Bhopal for Prakash Jha's Aarakshan. He could not attend the party. But Deepika Padukone who was also shooting in Bhopal with Saif couldn't be kept away from the big evening. Not when Aamir and his wife Kiran Rao had personally called her to invite her.
Apparently, Deepika flew into Mumbai from Bhopal by a chartered plane and flew right back. She was shooting in Bhopal till 8 pm. She caught the flight an hour later and headed straight for the Taj Lands End in Mumbai. After partying with Aamir and Imran till the wee hours, she headed straight back to Bhopal early in the morning, catching a few snoozes on flight. She headed to location sharp on the dot for the morning shift on Sunday in Bhopal.
Jha confirms on Sunday morning, "Yes, Deepika went for the party on Saturday evening. But she's now back shooting with me here."
However, Jha denies that a flight was chartered from Bhopal for her rush visit. "There are four commercial flights between Bhopal and Mumbai every day. Why would we charter a flight?"
Apparently, Prakash Jha was very clear on the fact that Deepika could leave location in Bhopal for the party in Mumbai as long as she was back in time in the morning.