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Chopra excited about awards event

Vidhu Vinod Chopra has said that he likes attending the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards.

The producer, whose film 3 Idiots has been nominated for 14 gongs at this year's ceremony, claimed that the IIFA event gives everyone in Bollywood the chance to socialise together.

"I really appreciate IIFA because it is when the whole film fraternity gets together," Chopra told Real Bollywood.

"At the IIFA Weekend, the whole film fraternity gets together and there is a feeling of togetherness. It's not something like you just go and pick your award and come back."

3 Idiots was directed by Rajkumar Hirani and starred Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor.

This year’s IIFA awards take place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from June 3 to 5.

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'3 Idiots' Nominated In 14 Categories In IIFA

International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) 2010 has ‘3 Idiots’ in 14 of its nomination categories. The movie stars Bollywood’s “perfectionist” Aamir Khan alongside R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Kareena Kapoor and Boman Irani. The film has been nominated for best film, best actor, best director and best actress, among others. The movie has been directed by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra.

Other films that have crunched a large number of nominations are "Love Aaj Kal" starring Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone and Rishi Kapoor, “Paa” starring IIFA brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan, his son Abhishek and Vidya Balan and also "Kaminey" starring Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra.

While Imtiaz Ali’s “Love Aaj Kal” bagged nine nominations, R. Balki’s “Paa” and Vishal Bhardwaj’s “Kaminey” bagged eight nominations each.

Speaking about the event, Sabbas Joseph, one of the directors of Wizcraft said, "Colombo marks the second decade of IIFA. The nominees for the Micromax IIFA Awards 2010 are a compilation of the best work from the previous year and the suspense and celebration of these worthy nominations will undoubtedly create another magical IIFA."

The event is set to take place from 3rd June to 5th June in Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital.

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Golden Decade Honours to be given at IIFA 2009

IIFA Academy in its tenth year has decided to institute a special set of Awards to commemorate the last decade of Indian Cinema. Therefore, celebrating the best of the best, it has put together nominations in five major categories for The Videocon IIFA Golden Decade Honours which will be announced at the IDEA IIFA Awards on the 13th of June, in Macau. The five categories are Star of the Decade – Male, Star of the Decade – Female, Movie of the Decade, Director of the Decade and Music of the Decade.

The nominations for the same are as follows -

Star of the decade – Male: Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan and Abhishek Bachchan.

Star of the decade – Female: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor, Rani Mukherji, Preity Zinta and Priyanka Chopra.

Movie of the decade: Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam – 2000; Kaho Na Pyaar Hai – 2001; Lagaan – 2002; Devdas – 2003; Kal Ho Na Ho – 2004; Veer Zaara – 2005; Black – 2006; Chak De India – 2008 and Rang De Basanti – 2007

Music of the decade: Taal – 2000 AR Rahman; Kaho Na Pyaar Hai – 2001 Rajesh Roshan; Lagaan – 2002 AR Rahman; Saathiya – 2003 AR Rahman; Kal Ho Na Ho – 2004 Shankar Ehsaan Loy; Veer Zaara – 2005 Madan Mohan; Bunty Aur Babli – 2006 Shankar Ehsan Loy; Rang De Basanti – 2007 AR Rahman and Guru – 2008 AR Rahman.

Director of the decade: Sanjay Leela Bhansali – Hum Dil De Chuke Saname 2000, Devdas 2003 & Black 2006; Rakesh Roshan – Kaho Na Pyaar Hai 2001 & Koi Mil Gaya 2004; Ashutosh Gowarikar – Lagaan 2002; Yash Chopra – Veer Zaara 2005; Raj Kumar Hirani – Lage Raho…. 2007 and Shimit Amin – Chak De India 2008.

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Will Shah Rukh and Aamir go to Macau

The International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) will be held in Venetian Macao Resort-Hotel in Macau. This was disclosed by the IIFA’s brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan. This years IIFA has raked up a lot of expectations among the movie buffs because both Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan are in the fray for the coveted Best Actor Award.

To a question on why the IIFA opts for foreign countries to host the awards event, the Big B said that it was to promote Bollywood films in regions that it has still untouched. The actor said that the producers are now making films with astronomical budgets that were impossible a few years ago; therefore, the films must get international recognition.

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