PIX: Huma Qureshi watches Partition: 1947 with Shabana Azmi

A special screening of Gurinder Chadha's new film Partition: 1947 was held in a theatre in Mumbai.

Cast members made sure to attend, as did many more film folk.

A look at the pictures:

Shabana Azmi, who had starred in Gurinder Chadha's 2010 comedy It's A Wonderful Afterlife, gets clicked at the screening.

Partition: 1947 actors Huma Qureshi and Denzil Smith (he plays Jinnah in the film) get together for a group snap.

Shabana and Huma also partied with Sridevi that evening, at her birthday bash in Manish Malhotra's home. See pictures here.

Gals in black: Actresses Richa Chadda and Parul Chauhan.

Swara Bhaskar to catch up on her movie-watching at special screenings.

After watching the week's other release Bareilly Ki Barfi, Swara made sure to watch Partition: 1947.

She's seen here with actress Patralekha, whose beau Rajkummar will be seen in Bareilly Ki Barfi.

Maria Goretti and Kunika Lal pick saris for the screening.

Veteran actors Gulshan Grover and Anang Desai.

Neeraj Kabi of Talvar fame seen here with Ali Fazal, whose Hollywood film Victoria and Abdul releases next month.

Boys in blue, Arunoday Singh and Dino Morea.

Actor Varun Sharma gets clicked.

Huma's brother Saqib Saleem also attends.

Nandita Puri with son Ishaan.

British American actor Samrat Chakrabarti gets clicked with Feryna Wazheir of Rang Rasiya fame.

Chef Sanjeev Kumar with politician Baba Siddiqui.