{"id":413,"date":"2007-06-19T22:15:46","date_gmt":"2007-06-19T22:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheetudeep.com\/blog\/entertainment\/bollywood-iifa-awards-2007-yorkshire\/"},"modified":"2010-07-29T20:53:24","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T20:53:24","slug":"bollywood-iifa-awards-2007-yorkshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sheetudeep.com\/blog\/entertainment\/bollywood-iifa-awards-2007-yorkshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Bollywood IIFA Awards 2007 &#8211; Yorkshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"iffa2007\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/1261\/571320990_820f48adc9.jpg\" border=\"0\"><br \/>Last night I happened to see Idea IIFA Awards 2007. I had actually dropped the idea of writing about IIFA, but trust me when I saw the performance of some of the stars I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t resist myself from writing. <\/p>\n<p><b>Yorkshire<\/b><b> and IIFA 2007:<br \/><\/b>Some 12,000 fans were at the Hallam FM Arena, with more at BBC big screens in Leeds, Bradford and Rotherham. The event is held in a different location around the world each year to increase the profile of Bollywood film. Some 10% of income for Bollywood films comes from outside India and Pakistan, while the UK is the second-biggest market for Indian films. In the days leading up to the awards, Yorkshire hosted a string of events &#8211; including a world film premiere in Castleford. The events are expected to generate \u00c2\u00a310m for the Yorkshire economy and attract some 30,000 visitors. Sheffield has the third-largest population of British Asians in the UK, and tourist officials say the awards will bring \u00c2\u00a310m of income to the area. A green carpet was used at the arena instead of a red carpet to highlight environmental issues.  <\/p>\n<p><b>Performances and Emotions:<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"dharm\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/1116\/571321126_87a57a83b8.jpg\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\"><br \/><\/b>Let me start with emotions first. A very touchy and emotional moment was when Dharmendra was presented Life time Achievement award by his friend Amitabh. He got very emotional and shy, I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t believe that Dharmji is still so shy. He was really a Greek God as mentioned by Jaya Bachchan in KWK. When they showed his black &amp; white movies I got very emotional, there was one my favourite movies \u00e2\u20ac\u0153<em>Chupke Chupke<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d scene in which he played <em>Prof. Pyarelal<\/em> which I always love to watch again and again. I had tears in my eyes when Bobby and Sunny started their speech for their dad. Infact everybody in the audience had wet eyes, I saw Shilpa, Akshay Kumar and Anil Kapoor for sure. It was really a very beautiful moment. What a bonding they have. My only \u00e2\u20ac\u0153<em>tamanna<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is to see Dharmendra and Hema together in a function\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6any. Its time they should be seen together (getting old now). <\/p>\n<p><b>Performances!<\/b> <br \/>Well let me start with the first best. According to me ex couple Shilpa and Akshay were mind blowing. I really now don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have words for Shilpa, she was just bang on\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6..perfect body, style and elegance. Putting all those so called big super star actresses to shame. Her dance on song \u00e2\u20ac\u0153<em>crazy kiya re<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was far-far better <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"shilpa\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/1096\/571781111_ca098c9c6d.jpg\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\">than Aishwarya&#8217;s. I loved the <i>Jugalbandi<\/i> of Shiamak Davar and Shilpa, it was Wow! Last but not least was her one side <em>kamar jhatkas.<\/em> Audience just went mad for her, the loudest whistle, clapping and applaud were heard. <\/p>\n<p><em><\/em> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Our star <em>tapori <\/em>gang for whistling was Ritesh Deshmukh and Arshad Warsi<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>What should I write about Akshay<i> sirf naam hi kafi hai<\/i>. As usual he was the best, he is unofficial brand ambassador for Punjabi songs and dance. He is very good at <i>balle balle <\/i>stuff, and if <i>balle balle<\/i> is with one of the hottest band in UK\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009dRDB\u00e2\u20ac\u009d than there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no looking back. Getting older and bolder is what you can say about him. Still he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got that charm to conquer women. <i>Aise hi nahi Casanova ka khitab mila tha<\/i>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6! <\/p>\n<p>After Akshay and Shilpa, it is Salman &amp; Govinda who did wonder on the stage. They are really good buddies. I am very happy to see Govinda back in his original form. Thank god he threw away his politics <i>chola<\/i>.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"salman\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/1137\/571815777_6f1d23a582.jpg\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\"> <\/p>\n<p>Aftab was afreen, little fat but was looking hot after long time.  <\/p>\n<p>Abhishek was ok in his desi style, dancing only on the songs of film \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Joom Barabar Joom\u00e2\u20ac\u009d promoting his film, looking shit in that overgrown beard\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6looks like some kind of <i>Maanat<\/i>! On other hand Ash was fresh and chirpy, supporting hubby from her seat. She also won most glamorous female star award. <\/p>\n<p>Bips was looking like a B grade actress with those stupid songs and dress. <\/p>\n<p>Raima Sen is pregnant I guess. That big bulge hanging out was so no no. <\/p>\n<p>Anchors were great\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.Boman Irani and Lara Dutta did a great job. Very <em>Istylish<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>People I missed on the show was Rekha and Hema Malini. Where were they? Rekha never missed a show like this. I hope she is fine (my fav). <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"kangana\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/1188\/571290856_d76e14bf13.jpg\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\">Yeah before I forget, Kangana Ranaut needs some clothes to cover her front. She don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have money to spend on her dress designer, so please donate some money to her\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.<i>kuch bhi chale ga 1 rupaya ya 2 rupaya<\/i>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.anything. <br \/>Get some life Kangana and give us a break by wearing something decent for once. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Award winners:<br \/><\/strong>Best picture: Rang De Basanti<br \/>Best actor: Hrithik Roshan (Krrish)<br \/>Best actress: Rani Mukheriji (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna)<br \/>Best director: Rajkumar Hirani (Lage Raho Munnabhai) <\/p>\n<p>Winners at the ceremony included Hrithik Roshan, who won most glamorous male star and the best actor award for his portrayal of a superhero in Krrish. Collecting the award, he said: &#8220;May our children never be afraid to dream the impossible because if someone like me can get this far, nothing is impossible.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Shilpa Shetty received a special award for the way she conducted herself after the Celebrity Big Brother racism row. <\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheetudeep.com\/forum\/YaBB.pl?num=1181498409\/0#2\">Photos of IIFA Awards 2007<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night I happened to see Idea IIFA Awards 2007. I had actually dropped the idea of writing about IIFA, but trust me when I saw the performance of some of the stars I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t resist myself from writing. 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