Photo Gallery: Shriya Saran Hot Bare Back and Sexy Cleavage Show in Saree Sexy in IIFA Award 2012

Photo Gallery: Shriya Saran Hot Bare Back and Sexy Cleavage Show in IIFA  Award 2012

Sonakshi was terrified to do item song in front of dad in IIFA Awards 2012

Sonakshi Sinha was recently set to sizzle the stage with her dance performance at IIFA Awards and was quite confident about her item number as well. Until she got to know who would be watching it.

While she was performing and showing off her thumkas to the audience, seated on the first row was her father, veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha.

The actress was very petrified and anxious about whether he would approve of her dance moves or not. So much so that she literally broke into a sweat.

But soon Sonakshi gained composure and held the fort. She completed the song as a true, thorough entertainer. While her performance was appreciated by one and all, we are yet to hear what her dad had to say.

The IIFA Awards 2012 this year was held in the beautiful city of Singapore. The list of winners has just been announced and as expected, Ranbir Kapoor and Vidya Balan have once again won the Best Actor and Best Actress award respectively. The Best movie and director too have been predictable this year, as Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, which swept the IIFA 2012 technical awards, has won in both categories.

Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri have been voted as the Hottest Pair in Bollywood. For the full list of IIFA Awards 2012 winners, keep checking this page. We will update it with the latest list of winners!

Has the deserving won the IIFA award? Discuss in the comments section below:

Winners of IIFA Awards 2012

 Best Actor – Ranbir Kapoor (Rockstar)

                       Best Actress - Vidya Balan (The Dirty Picture)

                    Best Movie - Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

                                 Best Director - Zoya Akhtar (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)

                    Best Story - Zoya Akhtar and Reema Katgi (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)

                     Hottest Bollywood Pair - Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri (Rockstar)

                Best Supporting Actor - Farhan Akhtar (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)

                             Best Supporting Actress - Parineeti Chopra (Ladies vs Ricky Bahl)

                          Best Debut (Female) - Parineeti Chopra for Ladies vs Ricky Bahl

                     Best Performance in a Comic Role - Ritesh Deshmukh (Double Dhamaal)

                       Best Performance in a Negative Role - Prakash Raj (Singham)

                                Best Debut (Male) - Vidyut Jamwal (Force)
                                       Best Music - A R Rahman ( Rockstar)

 Best Singer Male – Mohit Chauhan (Nadaan Parinde – Rockstar)

Best Singer Female - Shreya Ghosal (Teri Meri – Bodyguard)

Best Lyrics - Irshad Kamil (Nadaan Parindey – Rockstar)

IIFA Awards 2012 for Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema - Ramesh Sippy

IIFA Awards 2012 for Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema - Rekha

IIFA 2012 Green Award: Dia Mirza

Winners of 12th International India Film Academy (IIFA) awards ceremony in Toronto

Bollywood stars to celebrated the 12th International India Film Academy (IIFA) awards ceremony in Toronto, Canada. Shahrukh Khan was one of the favourites to win, along with Salman Khan blockbuster Debangg.

Toronto, Canada, was the host for the 2011 International Indian Film Academy Awards. On Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 8pm, the Rogers Centre in Toronto held the12th IIFA Awards.

The glitzy affair with stars from Bollywood in downtown Toronto meant road closures around the event area. Bollywood fans arrived as early as 7.30am at the Rogers Centre in order to be at the front of the reception to see stars arrive.

As the stars descended on the green, the evening received a raptus reception from thousands of fans screaming and shouting to get a glimpse of some of the biggest names in Bollywood.

Lisa Ray, Irfan Khan, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Anil Kapoor with Hilary Swank (Hollywood actress), Shilpa Shetty, and Bipasha Basu, Shahrukh Khan with Ontario’s premier Dalton McGuinty and Asha Bhonsle were amongst some of the names to be the arrivals wowing the crowds at the venue.

The IIFA awards event sold-out live to accommodate an audience of 22,000 in the Rogers Centre. Television broadcasts and pay per view also attracted approximately another 700 million viewers.

The awards ceremony was hosted by Riteish Deshmukh and Boman Irani. Performances on the night included Shahrukh Khan on stage, who tweeted on Twitter before his performance and said: “Iifa begins…nervous cos of my knee pain…hope I entertain the audience enuff…so much love need to return the warmth,” Kangana Ranuat and the Deols with over colourful 200 dancers on stage.

Here is the list of the winners of the 2011 IIFA Awards:

Best Film
Dabangg

Best Direction
Karan Johar (My Name Is Khan)

Leading Role Male
Shahrukh Khan (My Name Is Khan)

Leading Role Female
Anushka Sharma (Band Baaja Baaraat)

Supporting Role Male
Arjun Rampal (Raajneeti)

Supporting Role Female
Prachi Desai (Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai)

Comic Role
Riteish Deshmukh (Housefull)

Negative Role
Sonu Sood (Dabangg)

Debut Male
Ranveer Singh

Debut Female
Sonakshi Sinah (Dabangg)

Best Story
Shibani Bhatija (My Name Is Khan)

Screenplay
Dilip Shukla, Abhinav Kashyap (Dabangg)

Dialogue
Vishal Bhardwaj (Ishqiya)

Music Direction
Sajid – Wajid & Lalit Pandit (Dabangg)

Lyrics
Niranjan Iyengar (My Name Is Khan – Sajdaa)

Playback Singer Male
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (Dabangg – Tere Mast Mast Do Nain)

Playback Singer Female
Mamta Sharma (Dabangg – Munni Badnam)

Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema
Irrfan Khan

Lifetime Achievement Award
Asha Bhonsle

Outstanding Contribution to Indian cinema
Dharmendra (50 years in cinema)

Outstanding Achievement in Indian cinema
Sharmila Tagore

Best On-Screen Jodi
Anuksha Sharma and Ranveer Singh (Band Baaja Baaraat)

Special ‘Green’ Award
Priyanka Chopra

On the night before the main awards, the technical awards were given out and Salman Khan’s ‘Dabangg’ and ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’ led the technical award winners with three trophies each. ‘Dabangg’ won Best Choreography for the hit song, ‘Munni Badnaam Hui’ choreographed by Farah Khan, and Leslie Fernandes won Best song recording. The film also won the award for Best Action by S Vijayan.

Maneesh Sharma’s ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’ won three awards/ Best Editing for Namrata Rao, Song Recording for Vijay Dayal’s ‘Ainvayi Ainvayi’ and Costume Designing by Niharika Khan.

Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy won the award for the best background score for ‘My Name Is Khan’ and Pritam Das won for Best Sound Recording for ‘Love, Sex aur Dhoka.’ Sudeep Chatterjee won the award for Best Cinematographer for ‘Guzaarish.’

Rajnikanth and Aishwariya Rai Bachchan film ‘Robot’ won Best Art Director for Sabu Cyril and the awards for Special Effects by Indian Artists and Make-up by Banu.

Looks like the 2011 IIFA Awards were a Dabangg affair and of course SRK didn’t miss out by winning Best Actor. All in all everyone at the event was elated to win or just be there. A great show put together by Wizcraft and Toronto.

Once again IIFA has completed a spectacular show with all the razzmatazz of Bollywood; celebrating a year of exciting, interesting, nostalgic and innovative Indian cinema. This first North American show definitely has opened the doors for brand IIFA and all that comes with it.

Shah Rukh Khan mocks Salman Khan, performs on Dabangg

Shah Rukh Khan perfroms at the International Indian Film Academy

While the post award party and Kat's recent birthday celebration shed light on the hidden affair of the titans of Bollywood, Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan, IIFA 2011 may have some reasons for the clash at the bash! 

Recently held at Toronto, IIFA 2011 Awards have revealed the greatest love affairs and definitely a lesson that 'a friend in need is a friend indeed', and seems like SRK's finale act was just enough to give a perfect icing to the glamorous cake! Seems like in a performance on Dabbang, King Khan expressed his thought on Salman's step in the title song and commented on it saying that it seems like later's pants were quite loose, resulting in one of the funniest step. Almost hitting a score with a mockery on Salman, SRK managed to conquer the battle with a diplomatic statement on how Arbaaz-Mallaika make for the most adorable couple in the industry. 

Seems like King Khan is using his wit to impress some old friends of the industry, the question remains unanswered as Salman remains unapproachable.

Shahrukh, Sunny kiss and make-up

Sunny Deol and Shahrukh Khan, who were at logger heads since their ‘Darr’ days have reconciled. It was post the recently held IIFA event at Toronto that the two stars decided to end their decade old rivalry and made up. According to an onlooker, the two bumped into each other at the airport and to everyone’s surpise, bonded like old pals. Not just that, as later when Bobby joined them, SRK bonded well with him too. 

The duo enjoyed each other’s company and decided to sit together in the flight. However, if sources are to be believed, their rivalry has not ended completely as yet.

Meanwhile, it has also been reported that Sunny’s ‘I Love New Year’ and SRK’s ‘Don 2’ are slated to hit the screens somewhere near Christmas this year. According to the sources, ‘I Love New Year’ was previously slated to release on December 30th, but recently the film's producers, Excel Entertainment announced that the film will be released on December 23rd, incidentally on the same day when SRK’s ‘Don 2’ will release. 

Now, the news has put director Bhushan Kumar in a dilemma, for he shares not so nice relationship with SRK. It is said that Bhushan does not want any kind of clash with King Khan and thus is making every effort to settle down the issue. 

However, the story has its other side too, where more than Sunny, directors Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru seem responsible for the clash. Not to forget that sometime back, SRK refused to give the title ‘Happy New Year’ to the director duo, who are said to share a good rapport with frenemy Salman Khan. 

Coming back to the topic, the cold vibes between the actors started after Sunny lashed out at Yash Chopra chopping a good amount of his role from 'Darr' to give more importance to Shahrukh’s character. This ensued a fallout between the two actors, who never patched up after the incident.

Well, all can we say is that now when the two superstars are friends again, how about doing a film together?

'Dabangg' dominates Bollywood awards with 6 prizes

From left to right, Diya Mirza, Priyanka Chopra, Anushka Sharma, and Shah Rukh Khan acknowledge the fans while on stage at the end of the 2011 International Indian Film Academy Awards in Toronto early Sunday morning, June 26, 2011.

TORONTO—"Dabangg," a tale about a corrupt police officer, dominated the 12th International Indian Film Academy awards, snagging six prizes including best picture at the star-studded event in Toronto—held on North American soil for the first time. 

"My Name is Khan" also scooped up several top honors at the five-hour award bash that started Saturday night and rolled over into early Sunday. Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan took the prize for leading male role for the film, about the treatment of Muslims in a world of heightened suspicions following the Sept. 11 attacks.
Khan played the family's Muslim patriarch who suffers from Asperger's syndrome. The film, nominated in seven categories, also took home the prize for best direction and best story. Khan was handed his award by Bollywood superstar Anil Kapoor and two-time Academy Award winner Hilary Swank, who congratulated Bollywood for helping to unite the world through film. 

Lisa Ray arrives on the green carpet at the 2011 International Indian Film Academy Awards, Saturday, June 25, 2011, in Toronto.

"Hollywood and Indian cinema must bring the world closer together," said Swank, draped in a glittering sleeveless deep red gown. "I believe in IIFA's vision—one people, one world." 

Another Academy Award winner, Cuba Gooding Jr. presented the best director award to Karan Johar for "My Name is Khan," declaring that he was impressed by the power of Indian films around the world. 

"I think it's absolutely wonderful how India has traveled the world of entertainment and I would love to play and be a part of a Bollywood movie myself," said Gooding, who broke out into a few dance moves. 


"Dabangg" led the awards tally sweeping trophies in the music category in Toronto's packed Rogers Centre, filled with more than 22,000 Bollywood fans and stars. The hit took the prize for best playback singer female, best playback singer male and best music director. A playback singer pre-records songs so Bollywood actors can lip sync to them in their films. "Dabangg" star Sonu Sood won for best performance in a negative role. The film also garnered the awards for best screenplay and for best female debut which went to Sonakshi Sinha for her role in the film as Sood's love interest. 

Anil Kapoor and Hilary Swank wave to fans as they arrive on the green carpet at the 2011 International Indian Film Academy Awards, Saturday, June 25, 2011, in Toronto.

Anushka Sharma won the best female lead for her role as an assistant to a wedding planner in "Band Baaja Baaraat," a film about the world of wedding planning. Arjun Rampal took home the best male supporting prize for the political thriller "Raajneeti," and best supporting female role award went to Prachi Desai for "Once Upon a Time in Mumbai." 

Kangana Ranaut, the model turned actress, gave the night's first performance with her fellow "Double Dhamaal" actors Arshad Warsi, Javeed Jaffrey and Ashish Chaudry. The film was one of several that premiered during the IIFA weekend. 


A lifetime achievement award was given to Dharmendra Deol, patriarch of the Deol dynasty, who received the special award for his 55-year-long career. Dharmendra's sons, Sunny and Bobby Deol, Bollywood stars in their own right, performed with their father for the first time on stage to a song from their film "Yamla, Pagla, Deewane." 

Outstanding achievement in Indian cinema went to Sharmila Tagore, who has starred in such films as "Mera Sapnon Ki Rani," "Namkeen," and "Chingari," and has spent 52 years in the industry. Tagore's son is the popular Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan. She said her son wanted to attend the weekend festivities, but couldn't because they are both finishing films. 

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Dalton McGuinty gave a speech at the ceremony, which also saw a number of energy-packed Bollywood dance numbers and tributes, capping the three days of festivities. McGuinty lured the IIFA to the city by pledging $12.25 million. 


Roughly 16,000 of the 22,000 tickets to the awards ceremony available to the public sold out in minutes. Those lucky enough to get seats were charged between $49 and $126, while resellers offered last-minute tickets online for more than $1,500 each. 

Launched in 2000 at the Millennium Dome in London, the annual IIFA awards have traveled around the world in the hopes of exposing the genre to various audiences and opening trade markets. 

Holding the event in Toronto was a strategic move as India's cinematic royalty makes a bid for a piece of the North American box office. Held previously in Amsterdam, Sri Lanka, Macau, London, Malaysia, Dubai, Singapore, Bangkok and Johannesburg, IIFA is capitalizing on the already huge Bollywood following in Toronto, which has an estimated population of nearly 700,000 South Asians. 


"For the first time in its 12-year history, IIFA makes its North American debut, and its biggest stars are you," Kapoor said in a mix of English, Hindi and Punjabi while pointing to the audience. "Thank you Ontario. Thank you so much for making us feel the warmth in Canada." 


Organizers say more than 200 filmmakers and actors came from overseas in the bid to gain inroads into the North American market and build production partnerships. 

The awards gala is considered India's biggest media event and one of world's most-watched televised spectacles, with hundreds of millions of viewers tuning in.

Salman, Bachchans to give IIFA a miss

The 12th International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) is all set to begin tomorrow in Toronto, and the B-town celebs are looking forward to enjoying every moment of the event.

However, this year will not see biggies like the Bachchans and Salman Khan, as they will not be making for the star studded event due to prior commitments. 

But stars like Shahrukh Khan and filmmaker Karan Johar will be spicing up the event with other celebs. 

Confirming that he will not be attending the IIFA, Salman stated that he is busy shooting for ‘Bodyguard’ and thus, he wouldn’t be attending this year’s event.

"It was fun performing last year but I won't be able to make it this year because of my shooting schedule of 'Bodyguard'," said the superstar at the Film Division in New Delhi.

However, it isn’t surprising that the Bachchan family is giving a miss to the event like last year.

Interestingly, this year’s IIFA will see Shahrukh, Deols and Priyanka performing at the awards ceremony.

Bipasha, Kunal Kapoor, Rahul Khanna and Brett Lee will walk the ramp as the showstoppers for the fashion event IIFA Rocks.

Three day event at IIFA

The three day glitzy event will see the IIFA World Premiere of ‘Double Dhamaal’, a retrospective on the legendary Raj Kapoor movies at the Toronto film festival, the music and fashion extravaganza IIFA Rocks and the final event on the weekend, which would be the biggest award night at Roger's Centre.

Apart from the Toronto film festival commemorating Raj Kapoor’s movies, a street will also be named after the late legendary filmmaker.

Confirming about the Raj Kapoor’s retrospective, Sabbas Joseph, director Wizcraft International Entertainment, the main organizers of the event stated, “The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) hosting a Raj Kapoor retrospective, a street being named Raj Kapoor Crescent... It's a first time ever! Each of these are unique, special events and arrangements for IIFA... and it brings a certain engagement factor.”

SRK to perform with injured knee

Shahrukh is all geared up to sizzle on stage even with a knee injury. The actor, who will be back at IIFA after seven years, is quite upbeat about meeting his fans at Toronto.

Talking about IIFA, SRK tweeted, “Preparing for iifa visit in toronto...on 24th meeting fans at sheraton...bollywood chick has full info...hope to see u all there.”

Nursing knee injury to get ready for IIFA, tweets SRK

While B-town is abuzz that Shahrukh may skip IIFA 2011 because of his knee injury, the ‘Ra.One’ superhero has put an end to all rumors by tweeting that he is tending his injured knee and is gearing up for the awards.

Recently, Shahrukh took to the social networking site Twitter to share with his followers that he will be certainly performing at the IIFA 2011 in Toronto and stated that celebrated choreographer Shiamak and his team has put together painless dance moves for his performance.

Meanwhile, he too is nursing his injured knee so that he can get well soon to perform at the awards, informed SRK.

Confirming his performance at the IIFA 2011, Shahrukh tweeted, “back in mumbai. wanted to thank anubhav,tarun, manikandan & the crew for making the hectic schedule possible. nursing knee injury to get ready for iifa. wish toronto was closer to bandra. shiamk team making the dance steps easier for me.”

IIFA to be held from June 23 to June 25

The 12th International India Film Academy Awards (IIFA) is scheduled to take place from June 23 to June 25 in Toronto, Canada.

As per the latest reports, eminent filmmaker Karan Johar and the ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’ fame actress Anushka Sharma will be seen hosting the event.

The event will have electrifying performances by Shahrukh Khan, Neha Dhupia, Dia Mirza, Mallika Sherawat and the star cast of ‘Double Dhamaal’, and musicians Shankar-Eshaan-Loy.

Deol trio, Priyanka to dazzle at IIFA Toronto

Bollywood's famous Deols - veteran actor Dharmendra and his sons Sunny and Bobby - are set to enthrall fans in Toronto with their signature dance steps at the 12th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards to be held next month. 

Actress Priyanka Chopra will add glamour to the event too. "Dad is celebrating his 50 years in the industry. 

It's a great moment for all of us. So we are going to be all together and looking forward to it," actor Bobby Deol told reporters at a press conference here Thursday night. Dharmendra, Sunny and Bobby, who were recently seen together in comedy film "Yamla Pagla Deewana" will perform to peppy songs from the movie, as well as on some of Dharmendra's classic numbers. "We will of course perform on 'Yamla Pagla Deewana' songs. We would also choose some songs from dad's films on which we can perform," said Bobby. Even at 75, the evergreen Dharmendra is quite excited to take to the stage to celebrate five decades of his contribution to the film industry. "I am loving it. Wherever we go we are going to enjoy because we all love you and you all love us. That's the beauty," said Dharmendra. The three-day IIFA weekend is to be held June 23-25. 

According to Bobby, IIFA is different from other awards because it takes Bollywood beyond Indian shores and popularises its song and dance culture in different countries every year. "IIFA is different because it reaches to different parts of the world. India becomes the talk of the town in those countries. They get to know more about Indian culture and it's a great way of spreading across to the world, what Indians are all about," he said. Actress Priyanka Chopra said she has not yet decided the numbers she would be performing to at the IIFA event, but she hopes to do something unique. "This is too early to decide what to perform in IIFA as it still has a month to go. I have performed in almost every award functions this year so would like to do something different in IIFA," said Priyanka. Though she will not be performing with the Deols, the 28-year-old said she was looking forward to being with them as she shares a special bonding with the family. "I am very excited. My relationship with the Deol family is very special because the hero of my first film 'The Hero: Love Story of a Spy' was Sunny Deol," she added.

We will miss Amitabh Bachchan at IIFA: Anil Kapoor

Mumbai, March 4 – Anil Kapoor says he will miss his colleague and Bollwyood megastar Amitabh Bachchan at the upcoming 12th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards.

 

After an association of more than a decade, Amitabh has ceased to be IIFA brand ambassador. 

“We will definitely miss Mr. Bachchan because he is in the psyche of the people all over the world who like cinema. He is in our blood stream. He is a huge star and we will definitely miss him. His absence will be felt,” Anil told reporters here Friday.

Big B has been IIFA brand Ambassdor since 2000, when it was conceptualised and launched.

This year the organiser, Wizcraft Entertainment, has scrapped the concept of having a brand ambassador. Now IIFA will go ahead with the new concept – Friends of IIFA – where no one person will be the face of the mega event.

“I’m glad that IIFA started this concept because we are a family and its important that at a global platform we all should come together and not just as a single person,” said Kareena Kapoor.

Added Karan Johar: “This concept of friends of IIFA works both ways, emotionally and structurally.”

IIFA to hold Raj Kapoor film festival

Mumbai, March 4 – The 12th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) weekend, to be held in Toronto this year, will organise a Raj Kapoor retrospect.
 

“I have been part of IIFA since 12 years now and for the last four years I have been performing consecutively. But this year is going to be more special to me because Wizcraft and IIFA are having a Raj Kapoor retrospect,” Kareena, grand-daughter of Raj Kapoor, told reporters here Friday.

“It’s going to be very special and emotional. I’m very excited about that than anything else because Raj Kapoor was not only my grandfather but a man, who defined Hindi cinema,” she added.

The IIFA weekend will be held across the cities of Toronto, Brampton, Mississauga and Markham in the Greater Toronto Area from June 23-25.

Filmmaker Karan Johar, who is also the advisory board member of IIFA, said the retrospect will be held in association with the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

“TIFF is a great platform that has supported Hollywood and world cinema for many years. Recently, its association with Hindi cinema has been tremendous and now it brings the golden era man Raj Kapoor on the surface of the Hollywood industry. It’s a great idea which is supported by IIFA,” said Karan.

Apart from this, the three-day show will feature world premiere of a select films, an awards gala, a fashion show and other interactive events.

The IIFA in Canada to be promoted by Khiladi Akshay Kumar

Feb 26, Toronto: After a rupture in the alliance of megastar Amitabh Bachchan with the organisers of IIFA, the organisers of IIFA is looking for a new brand ambassador. Mr. Bachchan was the face of IIFA for more than a decade. Bachchan missed the IIFA weekend which was held in Sri Lanka the last year. And this resulted in the rift between Amitabh and IIFA. 

This year IIFA will be held in Toronto, Canada. And the organisers of IIFA are seriously thinking about Khiladi Akshay Kumar, to be made the new face. He will be promoting the event in Canada this time. But, no final decision has yet been made, about who should be the IIFA brand ambassador. 

International Indian Film Academy, popularly known as IIFA, helps in promoting Indian cinema worldwide, to reach out to the millions of fans. Its spearheaded by Wizcraft International Entertainment Ltd. Acclaimed as the “Oscars Of Bollywood”, it has successfully showcased the treasures of Indian film. IIFA has travelled through London, Malaysia, Johannesburg, Yorkshire, Thailand, Colombo, and many other places. 

Akki is overjoyed to get a chance of promoting IIFA in Canada. He has got a huge number of fans there. He expressed that Canada is a very charming place, and he even suggests his directors and producers to shoot in Canada. Canadians love Bollywood movies and bollywood stars are very popular over there.

However, Salman is also considered by IIFA as the star who can be the face of IIFA, besides Akshay.

Will attend IIFA if we’re free: Abhishek Bachchan

New Delhi, Jan 21 – Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan has said that if their work schedules permit they would definitely go to attend the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards to be held in Toronto.

‘I don’t know when it is but obviously if we are free and not working, yes we’ll go for it. We’ll see if we could accommodate it, but if we are busy making films then obviously we won’t be able to go there,’ Abhishek, who graces the cover of latest issue of Stardust magazine along with wife Aishwarya Rai, told reporters here Thursday night.

‘Because if we don’t make the films we won’t get nominated the next year so we have to concentrate on our work. If our schedule permits let’s see,’ he added. The actor was in the capital to unveil the latest issue of the magazine along with Aishwarya.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan had been the brand ambassador of IIFA ever since its inception in 2000. However, Big B created a stir when he revealed on microblogging site Twitter that he will not attend the ceremony in Toronto as IIFA said it no longer requires his services.

An official statement from the organizers said that they have aborted the concept of brand ambassador.

‘Due to unexplainable reasons, after announcing the event as brand ambassador, Bachchan couldn’t participate in the IIFA weekend at Sri Lanka last year. Following this, IIFA aborted the concept of a brand ambassador,’ said Sabbas Joseph, director Wizcraft, which organizes the event.

The statement also said: ‘The Bachchan family has been an intrinsic part of IIFA every year, and in this regard we have already shared with them a proposal about their participation this year too.’

The awards ceremony will be held in Toronto from June 23-25.

IANS