Mumbai: It was celebration time Wednesday evening for Ravi Chopra and his family as he premiered his ambitious film Baabul at Cinemax.

All of the cast were present, Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee, John Abraham and Salman Khan, except Hema Malini, who was conspicuous by her absence.

Amitabh Bachchan, director Ravi Chopra and actor Salman Khan welcomed everyone at the premiere.

Abhishek Bachchan attended with his father. Aishwarya, who came with her family, received a warm welcome from Amitabh Bachchan and the Chopra clan.

The guest list included Aadesh Shrivastav, Sameer, Neeta Lulla, David Dhavan, Padmini Kolhapure, Poonam Dhillon, Sanjay Kapoor Chunky Pandey, Geeta Basra, Ila and Ishita Arun, Bharat Shah, Mandira Bedi, Raj Kaushal, Kunal Ganjawala, Vaibhavi Merchant, Sharat Saxena, Archana Puran Singh and Parmeet Sethi.