Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan lead the Kapoor family at Prithvi Theatre’s 40th anniversary party

Actors Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan led the celebrations at the opening of the Prithvi Theatre Festival, which was attended by the who’s who of the theatre scene. See pictures here.

It has been a bittersweet year for the Kapoor family as far as their legacy is concerned. On one hand the iconic Bollywood family was forced to sell RK Studio, which was built in the ‘50s by Raj Kapoor, but on the other hand, Prithvi Theatre, opened by Shashi Kapoor in the 1978, is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Kareena Kapoor, her husband Saif Ali Khan and several other members of the family were present at the anniversary celebrations on Sunday.

Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan at the opening of the Prithvi Theatre Festival. (Viral Bhayani)

Pictures of Saif and Kareena posing at the event have been shared online. Also present were theatre and film personalities such as Shabana Azmi, Kalki Koechlin, Divya Dutta, Jim Sarbh and Lillete Dubey. The event also marked the opening of the Prithvi Theatre Festival. The fest will be held from the 3rd to the 12th of November.

Kunal Kapoor, Zahaan Kapoor and Shaira Kapoor were also spotted at the event.

Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan spotted at the event.

According to the official website, Prithvi Theatre was started as a travelling troupe by Prithviraj Kapoor in 1944. After his death, actor Shashi Kapoor and his wife Jennifer Kendal opened the theatre in Juhu, on the original site Prthiviraj Kapoor had intended. “The company visited 112 towns all over notching up an astonishing 2,662 shows in 5,982 days. Prithviraj Kapoor played the lead in every single show, which meant an average of a show every third day,” the website reads.

Saif, meanwhile, most recently appeared in the finance drama, Baazaar, which did moderately well at the box office. He is also slated to reprise his central role in the second season of Netflix’s Sacred Games.

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