Karan Johar to host IIFA 2017
Mumbai
June 01, 2017
Filmmaker Karan Johar, whose
directorial "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" is the front runner in the nomination
pack of the 18th edition of the International Indian Film Academy
(IIFA) Awards, will host the gala night in New York in July, it was
announced here on Thursday.
"Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" has a chance to win in eight categories, followed
by "M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story" which has been nominated across seven
categories.
The IIFA Weekend and Awards, to be held July 13-15, will be a
celebration of Indian film, music, fashion and dance.
To reveal some of the details about the upcoming gala, Bollywood stars
Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt addressed press conference
here, and later got together for a live video Conference with five
Cities globally -- New York, London, Dubai, Chicago and Houston.
For attendees of the IIFA Rocks 2017 show, a celebration of 25 years of
Oscar winning talent A.R. Rahman has been organised. It will also
feature a medley of musicians including Rahman, Diljit Dosanjh, Benny
Dayal, Javed Ali, Neeti Mohan, Jonita Gandhi and Haricharan Seshadri.
The inimitable Riteish Deshmukh and Manish Paul will host IIFA Rocks,
to be held a day before the main awards event.
The awards night, to be telecast live on Colors, has a star-studded
line-up of performers. Apart from Salman, Katrina and Alia, audiences
can look forward to Shahid Kapoor, Sushant Singh Rajput and Kriti Sanon
among others on the stage at the Metlife Stadium.
Organisers Wizcraft International Entertainment have already started
creating a buzz for the event in New York. A Bollywood flashmob had
last week taken over a section of the Times Square. They have even
announced a nationwide contest in the US, along with Bollyshake.com --
allowing interested candidates to submit their entries on the online
platform and getting a chance to dance on the stage as part of one of
the acts.
This is the second time that the IIFA extravaganza is taking place in
the US. It was earlier held in Tampa Bay in 2014.
Mumbai
June 01, 2017
Filmmaker Karan Johar, whose
directorial "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" is the front runner in the nomination
pack of the 18th edition of the International Indian Film Academy
(IIFA) Awards, will host the gala night in New York in July, it was
announced here on Thursday.
"Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" has a chance to win in eight categories, followed
by "M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story" which has been nominated across seven
categories.
The IIFA Weekend and Awards, to be held July 13-15, will be a
celebration of Indian film, music, fashion and dance.
To reveal some of the details about the upcoming gala, Bollywood stars
Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt addressed press conference
here, and later got together for a live video Conference with five
Cities globally -- New York, London, Dubai, Chicago and Houston.
For attendees of the IIFA Rocks 2017 show, a celebration of 25 years of
Oscar winning talent A.R. Rahman has been organised. It will also
feature a medley of musicians including Rahman, Diljit Dosanjh, Benny
Dayal, Javed Ali, Neeti Mohan, Jonita Gandhi and Haricharan Seshadri.
The inimitable Riteish Deshmukh and Manish Paul will host IIFA Rocks,
to be held a day before the main awards event.
The awards night, to be telecast live on Colors, has a star-studded
line-up of performers. Apart from Salman, Katrina and Alia, audiences
can look forward to Shahid Kapoor, Sushant Singh Rajput and Kriti Sanon
among others on the stage at the Metlife Stadium.
Organisers Wizcraft International Entertainment have already started
creating a buzz for the event in New York. A Bollywood flashmob had
last week taken over a section of the Times Square. They have even
announced a nationwide contest in the US, along with Bollyshake.com --
allowing interested candidates to submit their entries on the online
platform and getting a chance to dance on the stage as part of one of
the acts.
This is the second time that the IIFA extravaganza is taking place in
the US. It was earlier held in Tampa Bay in 2014.
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