Salman Khan stole the thunder at Producer Pahlaj Nihalani's party late evening on Monday, April 21, which was attended by Bollywood heavy weights such as Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Moushmi Chaterjee, Jackie Shroff, Danny Denzongpa and Paintal.

Dharmendra was the chief guest at the event at Hotel Sahara Star in Mumbai to celebrate Nihalani's 30 years in Bollywood, the launch of his music lablel - Dhol Music - and the release of the music for his forthcoming film Khushboo.

Others present at the event included Nihalani's family, Suniel Shetty, Divya Dutta, Adnan Sami, Bappi Lahiri, Avantika, Rishi Rehan, Salma Agha, Meera, Sameer, Abbas-Mustan, Neelam, J P Dutta, Ravi Kishan, Danny Denzongpa, Hiten Paintal, David Dhawan, Poonam Sinha, Suneel Darshan and Shravan.

The massive show of solidarity for Nihalani proved overwhelming for the organizers. The presence of Salman Khan eclipsed and embarrassed chief guest Dharmendra who, however, took the evening in his stride.