Naseeruddin Shah, Neena Gupta shake a leg, Saif Ali Khan joins Kapoor family for opening of Prithvi Festival 2025

Prithvi Festival 2025, organised by the Kapoor family, opened in Mumbai earlier this weekend, with many from Bollywood attending.

Updated on: Nov 5, 2025, 11:01:46 IST

By Abhimanyu Mathur

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The beginning of Prithvi Festival 2025 brought not just the Kapoor family but many thespians from Bollywood. The opening night of the festival, held at the iconic Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai on Sunday, saw Saif Ali Khan, Naseeruddin Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah, Neena Gupta, Divya Dutta, Zahaan Kapoor, and many others in attendance.

Naseeruddin Shah, Feroz Khan, and Neena Gupta at the Prithvi Festival 2025.

Bollywood comes together for Prithvi Festival 2025

Pictures shared by the official Instagram account of Prithvi Theatre show a lively party to mark the beginning of the annual festival, where Naseer, Feroz Khan, and Neena shook a leg, while Zahaan Kapoor, trustee of Prithvi Theatre, mingled with the guests, including having a lively conversation with brother-in-law Saif Ali Khan.

“An evening of celebration, connection, and theatre’s timeless charm. Here’s to the warmth, the respect, and the magic that opened Prithvi Festival 2025,” read the caption to the post.

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The pictures did inspire some FOMO in a lot of members of the film industry, with comments from actors saying they missed being part of the celebrations. Dia Mirza wrote, “Missed being with you all so much.” Lillette Dubey commented, “So sad we missed it cos of the opening of our show Zen Katha on the same day! Lovely pics.” Many others, like Rasika Duggal, Shreya Dhanwathary, Aahana Kumra, and Vrajesh Hirjee, also sent love for the festivities.

All about the Prithvi Festival

Prithvi Festival is an annual performing arts festival held at the Prithvi Theatre at the beginning of winters. This year, the festival will continue across Prithvi Theatre and Prithvi House till November 17. This year’s edition, themed around “celebrating stories, stage, and community”, will bring to the audience new plays, film screenings, and musical acts in an amalgamation of various performing arts. The festival also includes workshops from industry stalwarts like Naseeruddin Shah.

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Abhimanyu Mathur
Abhimanyu Mathur is Deputy Editor, Entertainment at Hindustan Times. With almost 15 years of experience in writing about everything from films and TV shows to cricket matches and elections, he inhales and exhales pop culture and news. Currently, he watches movies and TV shows and talks to celebrities for a living, while occasionally writing about them as well. A journalism graduate of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Delhi University, Abhimanyu began his career with Hindustan Times at the age of 20, swapping classrooms for newsrooms at an early age. He began his journey in the early days of digital journalism, later switching to the madness of print journalism. Work has led him to far off places like Japan and Jordan, as well as to the interiors of Haryana and the Indo-Pak border. He dabbled in city reporting in places like Meerut, Gurgaon, and Delhi, covered the Olympics and Cricket World Cups, before finding his calling in entertainment and lifestyle during the pandemic. A Rotten Tomatoes Certified Film Critic, he is equally at home covering stories on ground as he is interviewing celebrities and studios, and sometimes prefers to shepherd teams in delivering traffic through the day. Even as his role has evolved from reporter to supervisor over the years, his first love remains writing (and of late, talking on camera). With a good understanding of cinema and its trends, and a keen eye for detail, he continues to spark conversations around showbiz for readers around the world.Read More

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