Snippets in snapshots!

Sallu and Rani share a laugh as they remember their debut.

Who's most nervous? Sallu changes the mood and has everyone in splits. Yeh to sirf shuruat hain… Rani tells the young debutant Sonam Proud Daddies Proud parents… Neetu, Anil, Sunita and Rishi Krishna Raj Kapoor meets Leela Bhansali. Awesome Foursome… Salman, Rishi, Anil and Ranbir celebrate. Who's the cooler one? Ranbir and Sonam are all smiles for the camera. Surinder Kapoor joins his son Anil.

Saawariya makes everyone weep!

The music launch of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film Saawariya, began with Bhansali walking in with the two most important women in his life - his mother Leela and sister Bela. The director ensured that no one was left out as he personally welcomed each guest starting with Rishi and Neetu Kapoor. It was nostalgic to see Krishna Raj Kapoor lending support to her grandson. She was joined by her sons Randhir and Chimpu Kapoor as well as daughter Reema. Soon to arrive were Sonam's parents – Anil and Sunita Kapoor - joined by Surinder Kapoor. Also present were Sanjay Kapoor and wife Maheep as well as Boney Kapoor's son Ajay, who filled in for his dad's absence. Kunal Ganjawala, Ismail Darbar, Vaibhavi Merchant and Alka Yagnik were also present.

The evening hosted by Mandira Bedi started with Question and Answer Session with the men behind the music, starting with music composer Monty Sharma, who is making his debut with the film as well as lyricist Sameer for whom Saawariya marks his 500th film as a lyricist. Sameer said "If you want to work with Sanjay you need to have 499 films behind you!" Then came an unplugged rendition of the title song by playback singer Shailendra, whom we were told, had also done playback for Ranbir's dad Rishi Kapoor, years back. Then it was time for the mesmerising Richa Sharma to give us a sample of her thumri that echoes numerous times in the film and by the time she was done, everyone present at the event was left completed stunned and speechless.

By the time Sanjay got to the stage, which was grand and theatrical, everyone were restless to see the young debutants who were kept away from the cameras for the entire evening. And if the director had his way we probably wouldn't have seen them at all! The way Sanjay spoke about Ranbir and Sonam it almost felt like a proud father speaking about his two children. He said, "From not wanting to let the music go out of my hands, which it has today, I don't want to even let these two go. Working with them, I have laughed so much that I felt that I have become younger."

Thanking his friends, Bhansali spent a moment to remember his dad and that's when the floodgates opened for everyone. For Sanjay who missed his dad and was about to see his fruit of labour take form to Anil Kapoor who knew his little daughter was about to begin her journey in Bollywood to the entire Kapoor khandan who missed having the legendary Raj Kapoor, as they saw Bhansali's tribute to him with an RK banner in the backdrop of the film.

As Bhansali left the stage it was time to welcome the two most awaited debutants in the industry, who purely on the basis of their lineage are born superstars and now have the huge responsibility of living up to the tag! Out came Sonam with Salman Khan and Ranbir with Rani Mukherji. Both the young debutants Sonam and Ranbir were in tears as they thanked their family and director who were also weeping. But with Salman on stage there was no way that the guests would be allowed to be melancholy even for a moment longer. Khan took over and spoke about how nervous he was about Ranbir's entry. He said looking at the two of them, who have grown up before him, that to mark their debut with him, how much it made him feel nervous. He added that Ranbir was not only taking off his shirt, but also dropping his towel a la Rishi Kapoor in Bobby and him giving six-pack to SRK, he definitely felt he was getting old now.

The final moment of the evening belonged to Anil and Rishi Kapoor who were called on to do the honours and to release the music. Anil looking overjoyed and he did a small jig on stage, while Rishi asked now that everyone's taps have opened when would the alcohol's taps going to be opened!