On Thursday evening, Bollywood renown faces- Karan Joha, Shahid Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Kartik Aaryan and Dia Mirza announced 19th edition of IIFA in Delhi. This year IIFA will be celebrated from 22nd June to 24th June in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Addressing to media in Delhi, Karan Johar said that IIFA is much more than an award ceremony. It is like an industry holiday. He was quoted saying-
“IIFA is much more than an award ceremony. It has now been entrenched in the DNA of our film fraternity. It goes beyond being just a ceremony of entertainment. It’s industry award that awards excellence on every platform. Also, it’s like an industry holiday. Everyone comes together as a true bonafide film fraternity.”
Talking further about it, he added,
“It’s an emotional journey for me. I remember my father (Yash Johar) being the part of the first advisory board of IIFA. He sat diligently in an old school way trying to seat movie stars so that they would get the right placement. From then to the year 2004 when he was awarded the lifetime achievement award, that particular IIFA in Singapore will remain special to me forever. It is that IIFA that I search for on YouTube and listen to the speech I gave for my father. Its that image of me hugging my father that beautifully lies in my memory as that was the last time I hugged him on a public platform.”
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It is been reported that this year Karan Johar will be hosting IIFA along with Bollywood actor Ritesh Deshmukh. Giving further detail about the event, Karan said,
“This year we have a very rare appearance of Ranbir Kapoor who last performed in IIFA Bangkok 10 years ago. We have a debutant Kartik Aaryan who has delivered a 100-crore movie and will be hosting the IIFA Rocks event. Just like me, there is glamorous Dia Mirza. Then there is Shahid Kapoor who has been a friend of IIFA and he has been a solid support.”
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At press conference Ranbir revealed that he will giving a live performance at the event. He also expressed that he get nervous while giving live performance as there is no cuts and retakes whereas SKTKS fame Kartik Aaryan is excited for his IIFA debut. Expressing his excitement actor said-
“I am excited to debut as a host at IIFA Rocks this year. As an actor, you always want to be a part of something as big as IIFA, whether to perform or host. IIFA certainly gives you the biggest audience to entertain with your performance and I look forward to hosting a great show.”
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