Everyone in Bollywood celebrated the man who has become such an integral part of the industry.
On Karan Johar's 50th birthday on May 25, all his friends came over to Yash Raj Studios to party with him.
The theme was black and bling and the stars didn't disappoint.
Please click on the images for a look at the stars who came to Karan Johar's party.
IMAGE: Malaika Arora, *always* fashionable.
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IMAGE: Ranveer Singh's the king of bling. He arrives without his wife, Deepika Padukone, who is walking on a very different red carpet.
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IMAGE: Anushka Sharma sizzles in black. Hubby Virat Kohli -- whose team, Royal Challengers Bangalore, could make it to the IPL finals if they beat the Rajasthan Royals in tomorrow's qualifier -- couldn't help but comment 'wow' on social media.
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IMAGE: Kajol and Karan have been friends through thick and thin.
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IMAGE: Manushi Chillar takes a break from promoting her debut film, Prithviraj, to party.
Prithviraj, which stars Akshay Kumar as the Rajput king, is a Yash Raj production.
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IMAGE: Mrunal Thakur, who starred in Karan Johar's first horror project, Ghost Stories.
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IMAGE: Diana Penty doubles up the bling.
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IMAGE: Janhvi Kapoor is among Karan's many star-kid proteges; he launched her in Dhakad, the Bollywood remake of Sairat.
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IMAGE: Rani Mukerji arrives sans husband Aditya Chopra, who has thrown open the doors of Yash Raj Studios to host KJo's birthday bash.
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IMAGE: Choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant.
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IMAGE: Kriti Sanon, though yet to appear in a full-fledged KJo movie role, did show off her thumkas in Kalank's Aira gaira item number.
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IMAGE: Sharvari will be seen opposite Aamir Khan's son, Junaid, in Maharaja.
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IMAGE: Karan had launched Tara Sutaria in Student Of The Year 2.
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IMAGE: Rohit Shetty, the other hit-maker of Bollywood, arrives.
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IMAGE: Aadar Jain.
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IMAGE: Brahmastra Director Ayan Mukerji gets ready to party.
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IMAGE: Designer Surily Goel arrives with Seema Kiran Sajdeh, who starred in Karan's reality show, Fabulous Lives Of Bollywood Wives.
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IMAGE: Tusshar Kapoor.
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IMAGE: Sidharth Kapoor, who was launched in Karan Johar's Student Of The Year, has worked quite a bit with the filmmaker since.
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IMAGE: Parineeti Chopra, who was Karan's co-judge on the talent show, Hunarbaaz, wears her best bling.
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IMAGE: Siddhant Chaturvedi.
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IMAGE: Akansha Ranjan made her movie debut in the Netflix film Guilty, which was the first production venture of Dharmatic, the digital arm of Karan Johar's Dharma Productions.
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IMAGE: Vaani Kapoor shows off her best profile.
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IMAGE: Tripti Dimri of Bulbbul fame has been signed up by KJo for DCA (Dharma Cornerstone Agency), which promotes budding talent.
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IMAGE: Pranutan Bahl glows on the red carpet.
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IMAGE: Say namaste to Badshah.
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IMAGE: Ananya Panday, another KJo protege, was launched in Student Of The Year 2.
She arrives with Navya Naveli Nanda.
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IMAGE: Ekta Kapoor.
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IMAGE: Ekta's BFF Riddhi Dogra.
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IMAGE: Tabu is also celebrating the success of her latest film, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2.
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IMAGE: Puneet Malhotra, who directed Student Of The Year 2.
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IMAGE: Aditya Roy Kapur with his brother...
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IMAGE: Siddharth Roy Kapur.
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IMAGE: Farah Khan, always witty, had posted, 'All set for the MetGala of Lokhandwala !! @karanjohar s 50th! I don’t think i took so much time to dress up at my own wedding.'
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IMAGE: Sophie Choudhry.
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IMAGE: Karan Johar's childhood crush, Twinkle Khanna, arrives.
Tina -- which also happens to be the name of the character Rani Mukerji played in Karan's directorial debut, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai -- is Twinkle's pet name.
That's how much he loves her.
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IMAGE: Karan's BFF Gauri Khan arrives with Maheep Kapoor, who also starred in Fabulous Lives Of Bollywood Wives.
Maheep and Sanjay Kapoor's daughter, Shanaya, is now being launched by Karan.
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IMAGE: And there's Shanaya Kapoor -- looking lovely in black; she will soon be debuting in Bedhadak.
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IMAGE: Ishaan Khatter, the star of Dhadak, returns from his bike trip to party with his mentor.
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IMAGE: Shweta Bachchan Nanda.
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IMAGE: And there's the birthday boy, Karan Johar.
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