South Indian film industry is against IIFA 2010 Awards

It seems that India’s most prestigious award ceremony function, IIFA Award, will be criticized as it is going to be organized in Sri Lanka, Colombo. Tamil supporters are now showing strong protest against this event. They are asking everyone to boycott this event.

Recently, South Indian film industry joined the boycott-IIFA chorus. They are also asking Bollywood not to take part in this gala event.

It is also reported that pro-Tamil groups in Tamil Nadu have asked Bollywood to boycott the event that will start from June 3 to 5.

Boycotting the event does not mean that they are against the event that will be organized in Sri Lanka. Behind this protest they showed the evidence of alleged killing of civilian Tamils at the height of conflict between Sri Lankan army and LTTE last year.

Let’s see what will happen next.

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Shah Rukh Khan will lead Bollywood stars' cricket team against Sri Lanka in IIFA

IIFA has organized a twenty20 charity cricket that will be played betwen Bollywood stars' cricket team and Sri Lankan players at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo on 4^th June, 2010.

It is said that Shah Rukh Khan will be the captain of Bollywood stars' cricket. On the other hand, Kumar Sangakkara will be seen leading his team. Bollywood stars took part in the Bollywood stars’ cricket team.

Local and Indian singers would be performing there to add the excitement to the event. It would also give an especial opportunity to the fans to rub shoulders with their favorite stars.

It is not a special game as general rules of cricket game will not be changed. But Bollywood team gets to have eleven players in a rotating manner so that every player gets a chance to perform.

The aim of this charity match is to make good collaboration between the two countries.

This friendly match could please both Sri Lanka cricket and Sri Lanka Tourism as it will contribute to Habitat and UNICEF.

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Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan will be the main attraction in IIFA Awards

India’s most prestigious award, IIFA Awards, is going to arrange its 11^th ceremony in Colombo Sri Lanka this year. It will start from 3-5 June. Almost all the glittering stars of Bollywood will attend in this function. Among them, only three are expected to catch the media attention and they are Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan.

Amitabh Bachchan is the brand ambassador of IIFA Award. Shah Rukh Khan will be one of the most attracted stars as he will be gracing the occasion after five years gap. He last took part in the award ceremony in 2005. Another famous star is Bollywood hunk, Salman Khan. It is also reported that he will be the brand ambassador of a cricket game between Indian celebrities and Sri Lankan cricketers. Fans may see Shah Rukh Khan doing stage performance in this event.

No doubt, their appearance will make the event a special one. It is also said that the presence of Big B is going to create more interest. The reason is that he was almost on the edge of canceling his trip due to the on going protest by the Tamils all over.

However, Tamils tried to convince Amitabh Bachchan to boycott the event to show unity with them in protest against Mahinda Rajapaksha Government for treating the Tamils in a humiliating way in the period 2007-2009.

However, nothing could protest him from taking part in this event.

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IIFA Awards 2010: Why Tamil stars will not join in Colombo?

India’s most prestigious award, International Indian Film Academy (IIFA), is going to be held in Colombo. It is going to be the 11^th annual awards ceremony this year. This three-day event will start from June 3 to 5 this year. Top Bollywood stars would attend in this glittering event. This event will be held in Colombo's biggest sports stadium. Organizers expect that 500 guests will attend and it will be watched by 600 million TV viewers in 110 countries.

Legend Bollywood actor, Amitabh Bachchan, is the brand ambassador of IIFA. He has already reached in Colombo to make awareness about the event. He was given the highest honor from Sri Lankan President. All top Tamil actors like Rajinikanth, Kamal Hassan and Vijay have been invited to take part in IIFA. But they have denied it due to some reasons including politics.

In IIFA awards, Mani Ratnam’s Raavan will have its world premier. However, I am not sure whether it is true or not because I got this information from unconfirmed reports.

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IIFA Award 2010 in Sri Lanka

International Indian Film Academy or IIFA is one of the most prestigious academy awards for Bollywood stars. It is also known as Bollywood Oscars. This year the 11^th annual awards of IIFA will be hosted by Colombo. This three-day event is scheduled to start from 3 to 5 June. This event will feature premieres, celebrity parties, fashion shows and a Twenty20 cricket match. This event will end with an annual award ceremony in Colombo's biggest sports stadium. The organizers of this event have said that 500 guests will attend in this program and it will be watched by 600 million TV viewers in 110 nations. However, there will be a 20-20 cricket match between Hindi film industry stars and Asian cricketers.

It is expected that Amitabh Bachchan’s family would attend in this event. Amitabh Bachchan is the brand ambassador of IIFA. He hoped that the decision to bring the event to Colombo would encourage collaboration. Since its first stage in 2000, the awards are held outside India every year in terms of increasing the international profile of Bollywood films. It is expected that this annual award ceremony will increase the publicity of Indian film in Sri Lanka.

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Amitabh Bachchan to Launch The Indian Film Academy Award (IIFA)

One of the biggest awards giving ceremony of Indian cinema, the Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards is going to be held in Yorkshire, England in July 2007. It is expected that about 500 million people across the 110 countries will experience the ceremony in television. On the occasion of this grand ceremony 28,000 visitors will be gathered in one place. So, you can easily imagine that how big an occasion is going to be there in Yorkshire.

However, the Big B famed Amitabh Bachchan is now in the host city as he will launch this Bollywood award ceremony. BBC News reported:

Amitabh Bachchan arrived in the city as preparations got into full swing for the Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards, due to take place in Yorkshire in June.

The four-day star-studded event is expected to attract 28,000 visitors and will be broadcast to a global audience of nearly 500 million in 110 countries.

Mr Bachchan said the film community was looking forward to the awards in July.

He said: "It is an event that we all look forward to, it gives an opportunity for the entire film fraternity to collect in one place over a certain period of time.

"It's something that we can't do even in Bombay when we are all living together, so it is an opportunity to meet each other and of course spend time in a new location every year."

On the other hand, the Yorkshire state government is well concerned to make the best use of such a huge gathering. They think that the award giving ceremony will make a boost in their tourism sectors as people from different countries will either physically attended at the function or watch the whole program on television screen. Even if just one percent of 500 million people can be attracted by the Yorkshire tourism, it would generate quick cash in for Yorkshire.