PIX: Jacqueline, Amitabh, Jaya attend MAMI's opening night

The 18th edition of the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival opened at the newly renovated 104-year-old Royal Opera House in south Mumbai.

This year, 175 films will be screened at the festival, which including features, documentaries and short films from 54 countries.

A look at the starry arrivals on the opening night.

 

Amitabh Bachchan escorts wife Jaya to the Opera Theatre.

 

Vidhu Vinod Chopra accompanies wife Anupama Chopra, who is the director of MAMI.

 

Kiran Rao, the other most prominent member of MAMI, arrives with Sairat director Nagraj Manjule.

Producer Ramesh Taurani with a guest.

 

Industrialist Gautam Singhania. 

 

Imran Khan poses with Huma Qureshi.

 

Raman Raghav actor Vicky Kaushal shows off his light side.

 

Shabana Azmi chooses black for the night.

 

Kunal Kapoor, who shows off his well-toned body in the Malayalam film Veeram, arrives with wife Naina Bachchan.

 

Richa Chadda.

 

Happy Bhag Jayegi actress Diana Penty shines on the red carpet.

 

Shankar Mahadevan arrives with son Siddharth.

 

Directors Rohan Sippy and Ayan Mukherjee.

 

Yesteryear actress Poonam Dhilon looks ageless.

 

Aamir Khan arrives with his onscreen daughters from Dangal: Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra.

 

Selfie time!

 

Kalki Koechlin.

 

Lyricist Prasoon Joshi arrives with wife Aparna.

 

Abhay Deol.

 

Mirzya star Harshvardhan Kapoor.

 

Siddharth Roy Kapoor with brother Kunal and his wife Shayonti, and mother Salome.

 

Jacqueline Fernandez.

 

Nandita Das.

 

Jackie Shroff.

 

Director-producer Aanand L Rai.

 

Riteish Deshmukh escorts wife Genelia.

 

Director Ashutosh Gowariker with wife Sunita.

 

Rahul  Bose.

 

Anurag Kashyap catches up with Shyam Benegal.

 

Photographer Atul Kasbekar.

 

Shobha De.

 

Mukesh Ambani's son Akash.

 

Zoya Akhtar arrives with her close pal and Talaash director Reema Kagti. 

Photographs: Pradeep Bandekar.