Popular Bollywood actors Vivek Oberoi, Boman Irani, Lara Dutta and Ritesh Deshmukh arrived in the country today to take part in the IIFA events which will be held in the country from Thursday, an official at the Sri Lanka Tourist Board said.<br/><br/>Boman Irani, Lara Dutta and Ritesh Deshmukh will host the IIFA award ceremony which will be held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium on Saturday.<br/><br/>Speaking at a press conference in Colombo today, Vivek Oberoi who will be hosting the Fashion extravaganza along with Dia Mirza expressed desire to work for the war affected Tamil children in the North. He said that he is talking to the Sri Lankan Government and hopes to contribute in his own way to the rebuilding and betterment of the lives of the war affected kids.<br/>Several leading Bollywood actors, actresses and music artistes are expected to arrive in the country tomorrow and Thursday along with hundreds of Indian tourists.<br/><br/>However noted stars such as Shahrukh Khan, Arjun Rampal, Aishwariya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan may not attend the IIFA events in Colombo.<br/><br/>Over a 100 Bollywood stars are expected to arrive in the country from today and will participate in events such a fashion show which will take place at the BMICH on Thursday, a cricket match which will be played at the SSC grounds on Friday and the main IIFA awards which will take place at the Sugathadasa Stadium on Saturday evening.
News On AIR | June 1, 2010 7:22 PM
IIFA: Bollywood stars begin to arrive