Shah Rukh Khan decided to celebrate the release of Don 2 at Mannat on Saturday night. And while all his friends including Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani, Chunkey and Bhavna Pandey and Mushtaq Sheikh chose to join in his celebrations, lead actress Priyanka Chopra was conspicuous by her absence.

A source from the party informed Mumbai Mirror, "Everybody at the party were heard whispering about Priyanka's absence. She is a very good friend of Shah Rukh Khan. She has been by his side for all the promotional events of Don 2. She had been a part of most of the parties at Mannat as well. It wasn't that she was traveling on Saturday. She was very much in the city. And till date, she has never missed SRK's parties."

At the last party held at Mannat during Eid, Priyanka was there from the very beginning. The actress had also cheered for Khan's IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders throughout the cricket season. Thus, her absence at the party last Saturday did raise a few eyebrows.

While industry insiders believe that there could be a bigger reason behind her non-attendance at the Don 2 party, a very close friend of the actress reasoned, "Priyanka was busy shooting at Madh Island. Then she had to come back to Versova. Her parents were leaving town. So she was busy."