REVEALED: Names of 61 Bollywood celebs attending Steven Spielberg's masterclass

Steven Spielberg will Tuesday interact with as many as 61 personalities from Indian cinema and share tips on filmmaking.

Mumbai: Acclaimed Hollywood director Steven Spielberg, who is in India to celebrate the success of his Oscar-winning film ‘Lincoln’, will Tuesday interact with as many as 61 personalities from Indian cinema and share tips on filmmaking.

The 66-year-old arrived here Monday morning with his wife. They are staying at Taj Mahal Hotel, Coloba, reads a statement. ‘Lincoln’, a movie that has been co-produced by Spielberg's DreamWorks along with Indian business man Anil Ambani's Reliance Entertainment and DreamWorks, is a biopic on president Abraham Lincoln's struggles during the Civil War and in securing approval for the 13th Amendment which outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude. "It can be called masterclass session wherein Spielberg will be imparting knowledge to Indian directors and would be learning from them as well. The list includes the biggest names like Rajkumar Hirani, Anurag Kashyap, Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar, Abhishek Kapoor, Habib Faisal, Ram Gopal Varma, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Farah Khan," said a source. It has been reported that Anil Ambani and his wife Tina are Spielberg's official hosts during his stay here. A special party is being organised in the director's honour Tuesday and Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Farhan, Karan Johar, and Amitabh Bachchan, among others, will attend it. The celebrities to be present at the masterclass are: 1. Abhay Chopra 2. Abhishek Kapoor 3. Anurag Kashyap 4. AR Murgadoss 5. Ashutosh Gowarikar 6. Ayaan Mukherjee 7. R.Balki 8. Bejoy Nambiar 9. David Dhawan 10. Farah Khan 11. Gauri Shinde 12. Habib Faisal 13. Homi Adajania 14. Indra Kumar 15. Javed Akhtar 16. Kabir Khan 17. Kapil Chopra 18. Karan Bhutani 19. Karan Johar 20. Karan Shah 21. Kiran Rao 22. Kunal Deshmukh 23. Kunal Kohli 24. Madhur Bhandarkar 25. Mahesh Bhatt 26. Milan Luthria 27. Nagesh Kukunoor 28. Nishikant Kamath 29. Onir 30. Priyadarshan 31. Prabhudheva 32. Prasoon Joshi 33. Rahul Bhatt 34. Rajkumar Gupta 35. Rajshree Ohja 36. Rajkumar Hirani 37. Rakesh Roshan 38. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra 39. Ramesh Sippy 40. Ram Gopal Varma 41. Reema Kagti 42. Renzil D'Silva 43. Rohan Sippy 44. Rohit Dhawan 45. Rohit Shetty 46. Sajid Khan 47. Sanjay Leela Bhansali 48. Shimit Amin 49. Shoojit Sircar 50. Shyam Benegal 51. Sriram Raghavan 52. Subhash Ghai 53. Sudhir Mishra 54. Sujoy Ghosh 55. Tigmanshu Dhulia 56. Vikas Bahl 57. Vikram Bhatt 58. Zoya Akhtar 59. Vikramaditya Motwane 60. Vipul Shah 61. Vishal Bhardwaj IANS