A Hectic day on the 23rd of June

 IIFA is getting bigger and better with each passing day as Bollywood stars are crowding up at the three downtown hotels- Renaissance, Royal York & Roy Thomson. Work began for us at 1.30 in the afternoon today when we sat down with our small load of 175 VIP & V.VIP passes at the site office.

There are two categories that needed to be demarcated today- 100 V.VIP passes and 75 VIP ones. Now, as promised, here I am going to give you a glimpse of some of the celebrities who will be there for the event:

Amisha                                                    The Deols

                                    The Kapoors off course---

Vivek Oberoi      

&  

Arbaaz- Malaika
                     to name a few...

& Mr. Anupam Kher will be hosting the show...

Now, the latest news is that Sohail Khan, Fardeen, R Madhavan, Shankar Mahadevan, Ranveer singh and a whole lot of other Tinsel-towners have already arrived downtown...here are some I met today:

Omi Vaidya, better known as Chatur Ramalingam turned out to be a really chilled out guy...not only did he pose with me but also nodded in approval of my suggestion: "don't get typecasted"

Next to come up the stairs was Kiran Juneja... she is a well established television actress who has acted in tons of Bollywood movies in supporting roles like Badmaash Company, Chandni Chowk to China, Bunty aur Babli, Krrish, Jab We Met, Fashion and so on...She is also the wife of Ramesh Sippy who you have met in my previous blog.

Aashish Chaudhary was up next. And although he is not that popular, he's made his mark in movies like Fight Club, Girl Friend, Dhamaal, Double Dhamaal, Bhootnath and so on.

& Right before leaving I stopped by a crowded elevator, just to find the director of one of my most favorite movies- Rang De Basanti...yes, this is Mr. Rakesh omprakash Mehra...I am so waiting for another film by him!!

That's all for today folks..Let me just tell you one more thing- we have received our IDs and t-shirts too today..so if anyone's left to pick them up, find them at the Media room, with the volunteer management team.

Will soon be coming up with more at Joyee Nation!!!