Bollywood celebs Sridevi, Jaya Bachchan, Ashutosh Gowariker, Ramesh Sippy, Manisha Koirala, Anil Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Rahul Bose, Boney Kapoor, Kirron Kher, R. Balki, Gauri Shinde, Dibaker Banerjee, Shyam Benegal, Shobha De and other eminent personalities were present at the MAMI opening ceremony. Kher, Sippy, Bose and Manisha Koirala spoke about MAMI and the films that they were going to watch.