Bollywood came out in droves to pay homage to evergreen hero Dev Anand on the occasion of the release of his 84th birthday at one of the suburbs five-star hotels.

This was one of those parties where both Rekha and the Big B made an appearance at the party but not together. Amitabh Bachchan was accompanied by good friends Anil and Tina Ambani while the diva made a solo entry. Dharmendra was there with his two sons, Sunny and Bobby and so was Hema Malini. The event also saw the release of Dev Anand's autobiography 'Romancing With Life.' Dev Anand said that he had called invited the while world. And so it seemed as guests kept pouring in all through the evening. There were the actors old comrades and some new ones as well. The book was released by Amitabh. Also present on the occasion were chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and Kiran Shantaram, Kapil Dev, Sanjay Khan, Prem Chopra, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Simi Garewal, Zeenat Aman and many more. In fact many came in after the after the launch to get autographs on their copy of the autobiography. Later Dev Anand was joined in his room for a friendly dinner by Dharmendra and Sanjay Khan.