Mumbai:

Shah Rukh Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Madhuri Dixit Nene along with more than 100 celebrities from Bollywood for special performance, the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) 2025 awards will not be less than “big fat wedding” in India, IIFA The founder-director of the awards Andre Timins.

The upcoming edition of the IIFA Awards – will be held on 8 and 9 March in Jaipur, Rajasthan – to host by Karan Johar and Karthik Aryan.

“Every year is different because every country is different. The challenge is to bring the industry together, the whole idea is. The film industry has been very supportive for us. We are bringing the stars close to fans. It is not easy to travel with 800 people every year.

“Cinema is all a soft power and we have always tried our best to take the Indian flag to a high level. We need to push India globally; we are exporting Indian culture abroad. She is like a big folded wedding, taking famous celebrities, entertaining everyone, spending time, ”Timins told PTI.

He further stated that with the support of the Government of India, he intends to make the IIFA awards “better and big”.

“We need support from the Government of India to see how we can cooperate better, use their network and make it big. For example, we saw what happened to the coldplay concert. I think all states are going to wake up and there are more events.

“For the IIFA Awards in Jaipur, you will see minimum 60,000 people in two days. We will have more than 100 actors, filmmakers and other people in the industry in two days.” In attendance, B-Town celebrities including Shah Rukh, Dixit Nene, Kareena, Karisma, Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon will be hosted by B-town celebrities, who will perform on the IIFA stage.

“We have given an invitation for the IIFA Awards for both Salman Khan and Aamir Khan. Salman is a great friend, he is a family, although Aamir does not participate in awards, we are expecting his presence.

Timins said, “We have also invited South film stars like Rana Daggubatti, Venkatesh, Allu Arjun and Ram Charan.”

From the Hindi film industry, the guests also include Katrina Kaif, Vicky Kaushal, Vidya Balan, Bobby Deol, Dia Mirza, David Dhawan, Rakesh Roshan and Anees Bajmi.

IIFA is an internationally recognized platform that promotes Indian cinema for both global and Indian audiences, which attracts a detailed following of the enthusiasts of cinema.

The first IIFA Award was held in 2000 in London. Since then, the event has been hosted annually in 14 countries and 18 cities, celebrating the diversity of Indian cinema around the world.

Timmins said that they are doing the idea of ​​starting the IIFA Awards in the West.

“It will be called ‘IIFA Worldwide’. This idea is to bring Bollywood and Hollywood together in America, so it will travel from Las Vegas to Chicago and Miami. We are honoring Hollywood films in India and Indian cinema,” He said.

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