Vinay Pathak and Sudhir Mishra show off the book's cover

Tarun and Minty Tejpal (red T'shirt) with Gaurav Kapoor and friends

Le Mangii – the eclectic Italian eatery in Juhu, Mumbai rolled out the red carpet on Wednesday evening for the launch of Minty Tejpal’s dramatic novel, The Last Love Letter which is a candid story about the breakdown of marriage from a man’s point of view. Set in the struggling film world of Bollywood, it examines the fickleness of celluloid dreams and how society views a man who is down on his luck.

Tisca Chopra reads out a passage from the book

Vinay Pathak and Sudhir Mishra show off the book's cover

The evening saw the author having a deep discussion with Sudhir Mishra and Vinay Pathak about his book; the conversation being moderated by Meenal Baghel, Editor – Mumbai Mirror. The reading also witnessed quirky Ranvir Shorey and radiant Tisca Chopra read out excerpts from the book to the delight of all present.

Ranveer Sheorey

Parveen Dusanj and Kabir Bedi

Deepa Sahi

Deepal Shaw

Minty Tejpal’s close friends from the film fraternity went out of their way to be present for this book launch event. While Tisca Chopra cancelled her shoot, Vishal Bhardwaj postponed his foreign trip and Ranvir Sheorey flew down from USA – just to cheer for their friend.

Among the other guests who graced the occasion with their presence were Prahlad Kakkar, Ketan Mehta, Deepa Sahi, Gaurav Kapur, Deepal Shaw, Vishal & Rekha Bhardwaj, Kabir Bedi, Pankaj Malhotra and many more prominent personalities from the world of theatre and film.