Photos: Inside Sonam Kapoor's party for football legend David Beckham attended by Bollywood stars Shahid Kapoor, Shanaya Kapoor and others

Sonam Kapoor and businessman-husband Anand Ahuja hosted a lavish welcome party for football icon David Beckham at their home in Mumbai. The Wednesday night bash was attended by well-known faces in the entertainment industry including Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Mira Rajput, Shibani Dandekar, Farhan Akhtar, Karisma Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Malaika Arora among others.

Several pictures from the party surfaced on social media. In one of the photos, Sonam Kapoor can be seen seated on the couch, while the background shows off the wonderful decor and the other guests. The fashion icon looked stunning in a bright-coloured sari and a white kaftan blouse, accessorised with intricate jewellery.

Malaika wore an oversized white shirt with a black skirt. She was snapped chatting with Beckham at the party.

Karisma Kapoor was spotted wearing traditional attire. She also posted a picture with Beckham and wrote in the caption, "Did it for the kids...Swipe..Not really.. So warm and gracious #ForeverFan"

Upcoming stars and Sonam's cousins Shanaya Kapoor and Mohit Marwah also made it to the celeb-studded bash, and made sure to get pictures with the star of the night.

Sonam's uncle, Bollywood actor and film producer Sanjay Kapoor, wife and star of popular reality show ‘Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives’ Maheep Kapoor and daughter Shanaya Kapoor were among the guests at the party.

Shahid Kapoor, Sonam's 'Mausam' co-star, attended the celebration with his wife Mira Rajput.

Farhan Akhtar and wife Shibani Akhtar also posed for the shutterbugs.

Arjun Kapoor shared a fan moment with Beckham. His social media post from the night was captioned, "To meet someone u have admired from afar for so many years to be able to talk face to face with him about his new life in Miami, football, India, travel, his kids, philanthropy & everything else I could squeeze into a 15 minute dinner table chat... grateful to meet @davidbeckham in awe of his genuine sincerity towards spending time with all of us & being kind enough to allow every fan in that room to feel elated to get a picture & time with him...Thank u @sonamkapoor & @anandahuja for fulfilling a childhood dream of mine !!!#whatanight #legend #beckham"

Host Sonam Kapoor shared the dinner arrangements on her Instagram Stories as well.

Legendary English footballer David Beckham is currently in the country as a goodwill ambassador of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). He also watched the semi-final of the ODI World Cup between India and New Zealand. [Beckham snapped with Antara Marwah]