Red Carpet Affair at Royal York on the 22nd of June

Well, this has been my most busy day this year. I had set out of home at 9.45 am in the morning, thinking I would be back in three hours at max...and here I am, back at 8.30, tired to the core!

The IIFA event is finally shaping up with the stars all about and around, all team heads finally arrived and every thing perfecting in an organized and orderly chaos.

Earlier this morning, at around 8.45 I received two emails- 1) I have to pick up my complimentary "green carpet" tickets from the Renaissance hotel; 2) Got to reach Royal York at 11am for our team meeting and event briefing. So I rushed out at around 9.45, took a cab and reached Renaissance in about 15 mins, only to find the serpentine cue already twisting and turning through the hotel lobby. Here's how it looked like:-

 

But the wait was not a long one, as Saniya managed to give out the passes pretty quickly and I made it to Royal York much before 11.

We also got this glimpse of how the stage would look like on the award day...

At Royal York, I met my department head for the first time today....here is the crew from Wizcraft, that is going to be doing the RK Retrospective with us----

& this is our little workstation inside Royal York- in the territories room:

 

 Guess who else was there with us----??

Yes....Ruslaan Mumtaz, the male lead of Mera Pehla Pehla Pyar (MP3) & Vivan Bhatena- who portrayed the role of the vice captain of the India national cricket team, Abimanyu Singh, in the 2007 hit film, Chak De India-----

 

Royal York witnessed a real Red Carpet affair today.... check out all the twinkling stars I met---

This is Ramesh Sippy, an Indian film director, probably best-known for directing the popular and critically acclaimed film Sholay, Saagar and Shaan.

Yes, none other than Zayed Khan and Diya Mirza....Zayed was looking cool in his tux and Diya was such a pretty doll!! But unfortunately the security was too tight and a single picture with either became impossible :(

The pretty pink lady!!

That's Zayed's body guard!! :x

But look who's here now... Yes our very own Boman Irani....he was the sweetest of them all and gave us all a chance to click a single with him :)

  

Kangna Ranaut too has arrived today but unfortunately was escorted very secretively through the backdoor to her room...so none but a very few lucky security personnel got to see her...so, see you later Kangna!!

The press and paparazzi were there too---

Now for the Retrospective...

We were taken to the TIFF Bell Lightbox building at around 4 pm. I am in-charge of getting the script ready for Mr. Anupam Kher, who is going to host the show there. Appearing for the interview are the three brothers: Rishi, Rajeev and Randhir. Srm. Krishna Raj Kapoor (wife of lt. Raj Kapoor) and Ritu Nanda(daughter) are also going to be present. And with them will be our honorable Premier. There is also another very interesting interview that is going to take place here...any guesses? Of course it is Ranveer Kapoor. Yes, he is also expected to be here but I am not telling you whether Kareena and/or Karisma are going to be here yet...lets keep that a surprise for now :)

Here is how Bell Lightbox is looking like right now---

Left- A portrait of Raj Kapoor & Nargis


Bottom- A photo Booth

Posters and collector's items from the Raj Kapoor movies adorn the walls of Bell Lightbox

& this is Cinema 3, where the event will take place:

That's it for now... Tomorrow I will be able to give you a comprehensive list of the guests attending the event & the flow of the event... I hope you have enjoyed reading through this blog... 

I will see you soon in Joyee Nation :)