B'wood’s billion dollar moment!

You could hear the kiss! It was so genuine... And you could feel the butterflies in your stomach when Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan kissed the Biggest Legend of all-time, Amitabh Bachchan.

And who was overseeing this? Hrithik Roshan — Hindi cinema's heir apparent. A billion hearts missed a beat at Karan Johar's and Varun Bahl's maginficent display of Victorian age fashion at the HDIL India Couture Week 2010 on Thursday night.

Amitabh apparently arrived three hours ahead to perfect his show-stopper act. A nervous Hrithik was said to be pacing backstage, practising his walk till the very last minute. And eyes misted over, whistles rent the air as Hrithik dressed in navy blue kicked off the high-life retail line of garments made from rich velvet mixes and lightweight wool. The garments, structured in a masculine sophisticated way, brought new meaning to the simple term style.

The colours of black, royal gold, mud brown, rich burgundy, navy blue and dark grey with intricate embroidery gave you the feeling of the 'Raj' but were equally contemporary.

The show belonged to the patriarch of Indian cinema. When the very lean Amitabh strode in with dark glasses, a scarf covering his neck, wearing a black long coat over grey trousers and actually glided on the ramp, the women (including daughter Shweta) went hysterical. An emotional Karan touched his feet and wiped a tear as he whispered, "Thank-you Amit Uncle for agreeing to do this for me." What was least expected was that Hrithik and the Big B would suddenly pull SRK on stage and break into a dance with him.

Says Karan, "Varun and I felt that if this line was to have true meaning, then we should have men like Amit uncle and Hrithik walk the ramp for us. The piece de resistance was the return of the K3G cast on the ramp. It was a blend of fashion and emotion in the house."