Shah Rukh Khan bagged the most exclusive suite at the opening party of Dubai's [ Images ] Atlantis Palm Jumeirah, leaving behind a host of Hollywood celebrities.

The over Rs 18 lakh-a night exclusive suite, suspended between the resort's two towers, was initially slated for talk show queen Oprah [ Images ] Winfrey but when she pulled out from the party, it went to King Khan [ Images ], the Daily Mail reported.

Shah Rukh [ Images ] is the most famous filmstar in Middle East. Hollywood legend Robert De Niro [ Images ] a partner in the Nobu restaurant chain which has a site in the resort -- had to make do with an over Rs 11 lakh-a night presidential suite.

Filmstars Lindsay Lohan [ Images ] and Charlize Theron [ Images ] bagged Rs seven lakh-a night suite in Lost Chambers submerged, alongside one of the world's largest aquariums in the depths of the Atlantis resort with a bedroom view of 65,000 sharks, rays and fish, the paper said.

The opening of Dubai's Atlantis Palm Jumeirah, a man-made island shaped like palm tree, was attended by over two thousand film stars, popstars, supermodels and billionaires from around the world.

The highlight of the ceremony was a performance by Australian singer Kylie Minogue [ Images ] and her 113-strong dance troupe on the beach. Minogue's performance was followed by a one-million-rocket firework display with 100 computer-guided rockets, seven times bigger than Beijing [ Images ] Olympics [ Images ], which is the largest firework display till date.

Guests included filmstars such as Robert De Niro, Charlize Theron, Denzil Washington, Mischa Barton [ Images ] and Lindsay Lohan, supermodels Agyness Deyn, Petra Nemcova [ Images ] and Yasmin Le Bon, musicans Janet Jackson [ Images ], Lily Allen [ Images ] and Shirley Bassey, sports legends like Michael Jordan and Boris Becker [ Images ] and some local royalty -- the Royal Family of Dubai among others.

Text: PTI | Photograph: Sajjad Hussain/Getty Images