18th Aug 2008 19.40 IST
By Aparajita Ghosh
For a change here was a birthday party marking the end of a cold war rather than the beginning of a new one.
After the infamous bash-up between Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan on Katrina Kaif 's birthday bash, every birthday party in Bollywood is now awaited with bated anticipation by media. So was Saif Ali Khan 's birthday party at Four Seasons in Worli on August 16.
Thankfully, there were no spats in this party. Only a long due truce between Kareena Kapoor and Bipasha Basu .
Bachcha bachcha in Bollywood knows about the seven-year-old long chill between Bebo and Bips. It began on the sets of Ajnabee , continued with Kareena making a dig at John Abraham (she called him 'expressionless') on Karan Johar 's show and Bipasha making an unflattering remark (she called Bebo an actress with 'too many expressions') about Kareena.
But Saif's birthday party was an occasion to let bygones be bygones, bury the hatchet, patch up and blah…blah…blah.
It is learnt that Kareena personally invited Bipasha for the party. Bipasha was surprised to hear from Bebo and gladly accepted the invitation. And when Bipasha did make an entry at the party, many an eyeball were left popping out.
Reports say neither of the two actresses showed any awkwardness in breaking the ice and warming up. The two simply got talking.
Interestingly, Saif had invited Shahrukh and Salman as well. While SRK attended with wife Gauri, Arbaaz Khan made up for brother Salman's absence.
Phew! Some people never change.
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