Excited about bringing alive the aura of these iconic heroes, Shahid told TOI, "I'm grateful to Zee for having approached me with such an interesting proposition. It's a sheer privilege to pay homage to great men like Dev saab and Shammi ji.

Like most events with Bollywood stars, the Shoppiesta Finale featuring Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Malaika Arora Khan and Jacqueline Fernnadez began hours past the scheduled time on September 4. The audience at Meydan waited over two hours to see their fave stars but it was worth it in the end. When Jacqueline (the first of the T’town line-up) finally came on stage after performances by Kelly Rowland and T-Pain, it was almost 12am but the energy she and the other celebs brought, got the audience going.

Jackie grooved to her ‘Housefull’ hit Dhanno, ‘Sheila Ki Jawani’, and a medley of ‘Murder 2’ songs (which was a bit odd considering they aren’t really dance number) followed by the always amazing Malaika who brought the house down with ‘Munni Badnaam Hui’, ‘Ibn Battuta’ and ‘Honth Raseeley’ from ‘Welcome’.

As far as energetic performances go, it was Shahid Kapoor that stole the show – even if it meant waiting till 2am in the sweltering heat at Meydan in Dubai on Sunday night.

Bollywood hunk Shahid Kapoor chose to weave his way onto the stage through the crowd, while American R&B singer Kelly Rowland wanted to be closer to her fans as she sang – all the while asking the beefy guards to back off.It’s not every day that the stars from East and West share a stage to entertain fans, but that’s what happened at the grand finale of Shoppiesta held at Meydan grounds on Sunday.