IIFA, International Indian Film Academy Awards are the most prestigious awards of hindi film industry which are conducted to honour excellence in Bollywood cinema. IIFA Awards held a press conference today to announce the IIFA 2017 venue. Last IIFA awards had taken place in Madrid, Spain. This time the awards venue chosen is New York. The US consultant General welcomed IIFA to there city this summer.
#CGVajda, US Consulate General welcomes #IIFA2017 to #NewYorkCity this summer! @USAndMumbai pic.twitter.com/qx1kFRNunS
— COLORS (@ColorsTV) June 1, 2017
The IIFA stage was set to welcome the celebrities and then came in Tubelight star Salman Khan looking handsome in his black formal attire.
Bollywood's 'Bhai' at the #IIFA2017 press conference. @beingsalmankhan pic.twitter.com/bNlEuFyicQ
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Then came in the cute and bubbly Alia Bhatt who posed for the media.
The cute and bubbly @aliaa08 gracing us at the #IIFA2017 press conference. pic.twitter.com/l3JJHCeiAt
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Katrina Kaif looked purely indulged in the IIFA fever posing with the IIFA banner.
The ever smiling and gorgeous #KatrinaKaif at the #IIFA2017 press conference. pic.twitter.com/faYGSbEgUT
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The trio sat and watched the press conference start and unfold.
A star studded front row here at the #IIFA2017 Press Conference! @BeingSalmanKhan @aliaa08 pic.twitter.com/hv0nt3zRwY
— COLORS (@ColorsTV) June 1, 2017
IIFA announces its Itineray from July 13 to July 15 to be conducted in New York. Viraf Sarkari announces that Manish Paul and Ritesh Deshmukh will be hosting IIFA Rocks and the IIFA awards ceremony will be hosted by none other than Kajar Johar with some more surprises. The list of performers for this year include Salman khan, Katrina Kaif, Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Sushant Singh Rajput, Kriti Sanon and more.
This year #IIFA2017 goes to #NewYorkCity at @MLStadium! Check out the hectic schedule! pic.twitter.com/FsyjfADQKF
— COLORS (@ColorsTV) June 1, 2017
And the biggest news came here after about the IIFA 2017 live broadcast on Colors Tv on 16th July at 10am in the morning and a repeat telecast at 6pm in the evening.
Big announcement! #IIFA2017 will be broadcast LIVE on ColorsTV this year! RT if can't wait to watch this! pic.twitter.com/19IKZ38nJE
— COLORS (@ColorsTV) June 1, 2017
Alia Bhatt sounded pretty excited and stated that It is great feeling to be performing at IIFA 2017 especially because I’m nominated for 2 categories & it’s in New York. Katrina joked about IIFA and her birthday being on the same day stating that the IIFA team had planned it that ways. Salman also joked that the IIFA dates has been scheduled accordingly to match Katrina Kaifs Birthday.
"We changed the #IIFA2017 dates just for #KatrinaKaif's birthday!" jokes @BeingSalmanKhan! pic.twitter.com/NSxY1LTQU0
— COLORS (@ColorsTV) June 1, 2017
So stay tuned to watch the live telecast of IIFA awards 2017.