Speculation about a heart attack had sent shock waves across the media resulting in sleepy journalists turning up in their night suits with microphones.
Bollywood was well-represented, with actors coming straight from award functions, parties and sets. Soha Ali Khan who stayed back with Saif till late in the night was the first to arrive only to be escorted out by Sudhir Mishra later.
Before leaving, she gave an official statement to the press saying that it wasn't a heart attack and that Saif was out of danger.
Pradeep Sarkar, Sanjay Dutt, Kunal Kohli, Amitabh Bachchan with bahu-to-be Aishwarya Rai, Preity Zinta, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Zayed Khan and John Abraham, amongst others, came to the hospital to enquire about Saif's health.
Fardeen and Natasha visited too. Salman and Govinda came together in the former's car (with Salman behind the wheel). Then came Arbaaz Khan with wife Malaika, Amrita Arora with Usmaan Afzal and Subhash Ghai.
Mom Sharmila Tagore's arrival was eagerly awaited. It seemed she had boarded a flight from Delhi at around 10 pm.