Bollywood lands in Sydney at IFFAA (International Film Festival and Awards of Australia 2017) on May 13, 2017

By Manju Mittal

Sydney get ready! This is the biggest line-up of Bollywood stars who will be walking the red carpet and receiving awards for all the fine work Indian film industry has produced over the years. Not only Indians in India, Sydneysiders and other places worldwide have equally enjoyed Bollywood cinema for over a hundred years. Bollywood is now one of the biggest film industry churning out more than a thousand films every year in Hindi as well as in other regional languages. Now you have this golden chance of seeing the biggest line-up of Bollywood stars, from the old to the young, walk the red carpet in a gala event organised by Friends Entertainment.

IFFAA guests coming down under are: Dharmendra, Randhir Kapoor, Jeetendra, Shabana Azmi, poet Javed Akhtar Illeana d’cruz, Sakshi Tanwar, Divya Dutta, Pavan Malhotra and many more.

Promises Vvikas Paul, the Director and the organiser, “It will be a mega star event that Sydney will witness. There was a big vacuum that needed to be filled ”“ to help connect the film world with Sydneysiders. With this motive in mind we created IFFAA.”

The IFFAA Awards will be held on Saturday 13, May, at the ICC Darling Harbour.

Says Paul, “IFFAA is delighted to reveal the awardees for the first time given to them by Australia as we decided Sydney to be the host city. The most prestigious Indian cinema awards by IFFAA is an attempt to celebrate cinematic art and awards that recognise the most original and creative films and efforts in the entertainment industry. It is your once in a lifetime chance to see your favourite stars from India, Pakistan and Nepal.”

“Its not just our event. We ask Sydney community to host Bollywood. This is the first time when Australia confers these awards and honours Bollywood with IFFAA trying to engage people from all walks of life, to join in this amazing journey of closer interaction with glamour and glitz of our film world, never ever experienced in Sydney. We are delighted to have so many of the Industry’s talented stars and directors attending this year’s awards”.

So Sydney, get ready, dress up for a selfie with Bollywood stars and personalities this coming May the 13^th when it all happens.

The 2017 IFFAA awardees are as follows:

Living Legend Award: Mr Shashi Kapoor (To be received by Mr Randhir Kapoor on his behalf)