The who’s who of Bollywood jetted to Vancouver, Canada over the weekend to attend the first-ever Times of India Film Awards.
All those celebs in one spot meant that the event was an uber-successful one, of course. Inaugural events are taken very seriously in India and the culture carried overseas – so you can imagine how awesome the evening must have been!
Forget the excitement as the guests arrived on the red carpet – that was inevitable. What really made the evening a hit was the performances put up by the very celebs that the event was set up to honour.
Quite typically, the show began more than half an hour late (seems our Indian version of ‘standard’ time managed to makes its way overseas too). But once begun, the energy at the venue was palpable from start to finish.
Shah Rukh Khan Performs at TOI Film Awards 2013 Inaugural Ceremony
Several big names including Shahrukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka put their hearts and souls into the performances, the dances choreographed by Shiamak Davar (who else!).
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Performs at TOI Film Awards 2013
Abhishek Bachchan Performs at TOI Film Awards 2013
Katrina Kaif at TOI Film Awards 2013
Katrina Kaif Performs at TOI Film Awards 2013
Priyanka Chopra Performs at TOI Film Awards 2013
Anushka and Ranbir Kapoor Performs at TOI Film Awards 2013
We may be used to all the color, festivity and dazzle that forms a part of any Indian entertainment awards show, but it left the Canadian guests spellbound yet cheering till they were hoarse! Well, to be expected. Who wouldn’t be enthralled when the best of the best of B-town brought only their… well… best! Even we, prepared as we were, were blown away!
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