Just like every year, the IIFA Rocks 2019 event, which is a precursor to the IIFA Awards has kicked off but It’s a homecoming for IIFA this year as it is being held in Mumbai on Monday, post it's Nepal event got cancelled at the last minute. The event saw the likes of several Bollywood personalities in attendance including Vicky Kaushal, Katrina Kaif, Arjun Rampal with his bae Gabriella Demetriades, to name a few.
To get the party started, the makers organised a rocking performance from some of the Bollywood singers like Neha Kakkar, Jassie Gill, Amit Trivedi, Tulsi Kumar, Dhvani Bhanushali, Ranjit Barot amongst others have swooned the audience with some of their hit numbers. We have compiled a few videos of their performances below.
The event will also host performances by Salim-Sulaiman, Neha Kakkar, B Praak. Fashion designers Shantanu & Nikhil and Kunal Rawal will display their latest creations. The main event which is the IIFA Awards 2019 will take place on September 18. It will be hosted by Dream Girl star Ayushmann Khurrana. The event will also be held in Mumbai to mark its 20th edition, IIFA announced BIG 20 to honour the best among the winners over the glorious past 19 years. IIFA announced five special awards, the nominees for which would include all winners over the last 19 years.
We have already reported about the nominations for IIFA Awards 2019 that has been revealed recently. Andhadhun is leading the way with maximum nominations in the 20th edition of International Indian Film Academy Awards. Followed by Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal's Raazi and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmaavat and Andhadhun are with 10 nominations each. While Ranbir Kapoor's Sanju received nominations in seven categories and Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor's Badhaai Ho is nominated in six categories.
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