BizAsia attends IIFA 2016 press meet in Madrid

The IIFA 2016 weekend has kicked off in Madrid today with the press meet. BizAsia had the opportunity to attend the event which saw attendance from Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Sonakshi Sinha, Tiger Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Karan Johar, Fawad Khan, Sooraj Pancholi, Shilpa Shetty and more.

The event saw many of those attending share the stage together and a few talked about their longstanding association with IIFA. Chopra commented that she feels it’s a great way for people around the globe to be shown the world of Bollywood.

Many of the stars shared a little about their upcoming performances during IIFA Rocks and the main awards event. Shroff, for IIFA Rocks, confirmed he will be paying tribute to Roshan in his performance. Shetty will also be performing at the event, doing so after nine years. Johar and Fawad Khan will be hosting the night on 24th June.

For the main event, Padukone confirmed that she will be performing to songs from ‘Bajirao Mastani’ (2015). Salman Khan provided some entertaining takes on his performances joking that IIFA will cut to shots of “pretty girls like Deepika” when his performance isn’t going so well. The actor, to start with, also said in jest that “The shorter I keep it, the better it is”. This ties in with the recent comments he said about a “raped woman”. Sinha also said that she’ll be paying homage to Sridevi in her act, as the actress is going to be conferred with the Outstanding Achievement Award.

The trailer of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s ‘Mirzya’ was also unveiled at the event which will see the debuts of Harshvardhan Kapoor and Saiyami Kher. Anil Kapoor also said that this year’s IIFA is a special one due to the launch of the trailer of his son’s debut film. He joked that people often don’t know that he has a son but just that he has two daughters.

#FarhanAkhtar & #ShahidKapoor on stage talking about hosting… & #UdtaPunjab. #BizAsiaAtIIFA pic.twitter.com/HMXmAGE6hj

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#KaranJohar & #FawadKhan talk about #IIFARocks. #BizAsiaAtIIFA pic.twitter.com/uN1uQm8zAH

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#SalmanKhan requests for #Mirzya trailer to be shown again for him as he cane late. #BizAsiaAtIIFA #IIFA pic.twitter.com/MiveypvuoD

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