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Summary Prabhu Deva, who is an acclaimed dancer, has choreographed for both IIFA Rocks and the Awards.
From Urvashi to Kay Sera Sera, actor-turned-director Prabhu Deva is about to set the stage on fire dancing to his all-time hit songs at the 13th IIFA Awards in Singapore from June 7 to 9. (Read: Prabhu Deva to dance to his hit tracks at IIFA)Other key highlights of the upcoming awards are as follows:Shahid Kapoor will be hosting the awards for the first time, along with actor-director Farhan Akhtar. The two will replace Last years funny pair of Boman Irani and Riteish Deshmukh. (Read: Shahid and Farhan to host IIFA together)Rowdy Rathores director Prabhu Deva, who is an acclaimed dancer, has choreographed for both IIFA Rocks and the Awards. Expect a spectacular show, as Prabhu is known to mesmerise with his choreography.Shahid Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Sonakshi Sinha and Bipasha Basu are in the performer line up this year. Shahids performance will include some Tamil hit songs. (Read: Bipasha, Sonakshi, Prabhu Deva, Shahid to perform at IIFA)Actor Salman Khan will return to IIFA after a two year absence. He will be this years biggest star at the show, but will not perform. (Read: Therell be a Khan at IIFA after all: SRK out, Salman in)Shah Rukh Khan, who was the main attraction at IIFA last year, will give the awards a miss, as hell be shooting in London for Yash Chopras romantic flick opposite Katrina Kaif and perhaps will squeeze in a little vacation time as well. (Read: SRK to skip IIFA for family vacation and work)On 8 June, actors Ayushmann Khurrana and Chitrangada Singh will take the centre stage as hosts of IIFA Rocks, a fashion and music night part of IIFA weekend. Fashion designers like Suneet Verma and Masaba Gupta will showcase their collections, and actresses Nargis Fakhri and Bipasha Basu will be the showstoppers.The technical awards, which have already been announced, will be given away at IIFA Rocks. Farhan Akhtars Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara has won top honours at the IIFA Technical Awards, along with Shah Rukh Khans RA.One.The IIFA Music Workshop will be held by music composers Vishal-Shekhar and Shantanu Moitra, directors Zoya Akhtar and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, and lyricists Javed Akhtar and Prasoon Joshi. Bollywood singers like Mohit Chauhan, Ash King and Harshdeep Kaur will be performing at the workshop.Indian cinemas centenary year will be celebrated at the IIFA with a special show. Oscar-winning composer A R Rahman and other celebs from the Southern film industry like Radikaa Sarathkumar, Shriya Saran, Suresh Babu, Allu Arvind, and Telugu film producer K S Rama Rao are also expected to attend the IIFA this year.
