Hi Friends,
Here I am, back with the day 2 activities of IIFA awards in Tampa! From my previous post of Day 1 activities, I had said that I went to bed around 4:15 am setting an alarm for 7:45 am, but that didn't go down as planned :-|. It turns out that I slept through my alarm and woke up after my friend realized that it was close to 9 am! We both woke up with a jerk and made a run for the breakfast room since the breakfast was going to close at 9! We made it in time..no worries!! Grabbed some things to eat and headed back to the room. While my friend, Ka, and I slept through the alarm, one of Ka's friend landed in Tampa who was also going to join us for the IIFA weekend. Once she arrived, we all got ready and headed for the downtown Hilton hotel around 11 am which was the main headquarters for all the stars for IIFA weekend!
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| Govinda @ Hilton Downtown Tampa (IIFA 2014) |
We got our media accreditation from the hotel and relaxed in the media room for a bit before heading for the lobby. The original plan was to go to the airport for stars' airport arrivals, but there was not enough time to get to the airport, so the best choice was to stay at the hotel where the stars were going to arrive after the airport arrivals! And surely, soon after, the actors started arriving. First one to come was Govinda with wife Sunita. He surely seems to have lost weight.
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| Shabana Aazmi |
After that, there was a flood of actors who came one after another. I saw Rajkumar Hirani near the elevator, saw Sameera Reddy and Shabana Azmi as she was heading out. Next, Arshad Warsi came to the Hilton and my friend interviewed him which was interesting! Next, was Mr. Milkha Singh with his family. After that was Vivek Oberoi (didn't see his wife or son with him at that time). He stopped for a second to also talk to the media for a bit and then headed to the elevator.
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| Vivek Oberoi |
Next, it was the dhak dhak actress Madhuri Dixit who arrived with husband Ram. She was looking great...unfortunately, she didn't stop to talk to anyone. And then, the moment that took my breath away had come...the arrival of the heartthrob Hrithik Roshan!! He was looking handsome, dashing, and amaaaazing!! I couldn't take my eyes off him!! It was like people woke up all of a sudden when he came and crowded the place like crazy carnival!! Here are some snaps of their arrival.
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| Madhuri Dixit with Husband Ram |
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| Hrithik Roshan :) :) |
As far as airport arrivals were considered, Hrithik was the last one to arrive in the afternoon and there was no one else coming until late evening. We headed straight to a conference room where the IIFA press conference was going to be held. The conference had speeches from Dr. Kiran Patel, the Mayor and Commissioner of the Tampa Bay, and of course, the actors, Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor, and Sonakshi Sinha! The press conference also unveiled the new album Back2love from singer Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. At the end of the press conference, all the actors came on stage along with the mayor of Tampa Bay and the CEO of Visit Tampa Bay and they all danced together on the Do Da Tampa (IIFA theme song). In fact, Anil Kapoor showed some of his moves to the mayor and he tried those as well :) Overall, the day was going pretty good, but it was far from being over.
For the rest of the day updates, I will continue in the next post giving you details of the backstage interview with Vivek Oberoi, running into Vishal Malhotra, and the main event of the evening, IIFA Rocks, which included fabulous fashion shows, dance and music performances, and finally the grand finale with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan's live performance (that I will never forget)!!
Till then, have fun!!
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