I am back with lots of photos and videos of the entire IIFA weekend at Toronto ! It all started when me and my friends met at 10 30 am at Fairmont Royal York hotel, the official hotel for the IIFA 2011. We decided to just enter the hotel and walk around the lobby hoping to find any star possible. We weren't sure if we were allowed to be there but we took our chances and after a few minutes of looking around, when Miss. Pooja approached us and asked us if we were there star-gazing. Reluctantly, we answered "yes" and guess what ? She was the host of a news channel CP 24 and wanted to talk to us for her show. That got us really excited and in no time we were in front of the camera talking about our favorite star, the expectations, how we managed to get the tickets and many more. We were really happy and felt like stars ourselves !
After our little star moment, we decided to go to the area where the stars arrived. We took our spots right in front and decided not to move from there until we met someone. And finally, after a few minutes, Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar arrived. We welcomed them to Toronto with warm wishes and they patiently made small talk with us and gave us their autographs. The media took over them after that. There was BBC news, Omni television and a few more. We were very civilised and did not make any noise as we were warned that if we went crazy, we will be asked to leave. Now who would want to risk that right ?
After a few minutes, Kabir Bedi appeared in the lobby and let me tell you this, he is so DASHING ! Like REALLY. He was so sweet and my friend had a good conversation with him and he gave us all his autographs too.
We were excited and the television anchors saw that and wanted to talk to us- the fans !! Now there were more people and since we were in the first row, we all got questioned. Guess what ? My comment came on T.V too ! I am just going to let you guys watch it for yourself :)
Click on the link and watch the Show for June 22 and I will be on Screen at around 14 20. I am the one with the red scarf !
http://ontario.omninews.ca/index.php?language=1&bclid=424690586001
We felt like stars surrounded by media and getting all the attention, being questioned about how we feel and what we thought . We were waiting for more stars to walk in from the front door when we saw Arhsad Warsi enter from the elevator and that's it, there were screams and hello's and come here from the crowd. He is so ADORABLE ! I took a video and this guy from behind screamed, "how about we go out for lunch" and Arshad replied, "I dont date men " (My video starts from here) So to know what happened next, watch the video. (Do check it out and the girl voice that goes " we will take you for lunch" is me)
After Arshad left, the BBC anchor asked us to scream the one star we want to see the most and we all screamed SHAHRUKH KHAN and within a few minutes, the security people asked us to leave. They asked us to stand behind the barriers outside the hotel, away from the main entrance. That was it for us, we were disheartened thinking that now no star would make the effort to come all the way to us specially after their long 17-24 hour flights. But then we decided that whenever some one came, we would scream their name and ask them to come. And it worked !
After a little while we saw an IIFA car leave with Bobby Deol. We screamed asking him to stop and he DID ! Though he did not get out of the car, I was able to get a great video clip and he looks really cute.
Then Zayed Khan was looking hot in his suit and he was all dressed up to leave for his conference for Love Breakup Zindagi and we screamed and he came to us for a few minutes. He signed a few autographs too.
One of my favorite actresses after this weekend is Dia Mirza. She is GORGEOUS (and I let her know that) and such a sweetheart. She was leaving for the press conference too and was in her car. She stopped and this random girl screamed "Oh that's Dia mirza" and watch the video for the rest...
We were getting excited whenever we saw an IIFA labelled car as that were the cars with the stars. So now Madhavan had arrived and as soon as he kept his foot down we screamed like CRAZY ! There were 10-15 people and we had formed a group and it was great. Madhavan came to us and he spoke to us as if we knew each other. He chatted with many of us for good 15 minutes. We fell in LOVE with him instantaneously.
There were many great moments including waving at Ronit Roy, singing a song with Mr. Sajid, getting a picture clicked with Suchitra Pillai etc. After 6-7 hours of standing and waiting, we decided to retire for the day and come back the next day.
THE NEXT DAY !
After being kicked out of the Royal Yok again, we decided to walk in the streets of bloor street and Yorkville as many stars love to shop there. I decided to tweet about how I had bought a ticket for the party in the evening at Sheraton where SRK will be making an appearance and trended IIFA. And as a result, a Toronto Star Reported replied asking me if I could meet up with her and give her an interview as she was doing a write up for the IIFA weekend. I said YES and we arranged to meet at the Royal York around the afternoon. And guess what, it was published on her blog at the following link (and I do sound like a stalker but it was all worth it)
http://thestar.blogs.com/bollywood/2011/06/tip-for-meeting-the-iifa-stars-look-like-you-dont-care.html
Later during the evening when the starts were leaving for the Premiere of the movie Double Dhamaal. The fans outside were CRAZY ! There must be around 100 of people waiting to just get a glance of the stars.
Boman Irani is another one of my favorites. He went to all the fans and said hello to them. We saw him up close. So did Javed Jaffrey, Gulshan Grover and Mallika Sherawat met their fans. I think Mallika is one of the most beautiful women in Bollywood. Camera does not do justice to her. She looks stunning and then when she sat in the car..me and my friend gave her a flying kiss and she gave us one back. I think she is just amazing.
After getting a glimpse of many more stars I decided to go home as I was tired of walking the entire day.
After our little star moment, we decided to go to the area where the stars arrived. We took our spots right in front and decided not to move from there until we met someone. And finally, after a few minutes, Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar arrived. We welcomed them to Toronto with warm wishes and they patiently made small talk with us and gave us their autographs. The media took over them after that. There was BBC news, Omni television and a few more. We were very civilised and did not make any noise as we were warned that if we went crazy, we will be asked to leave. Now who would want to risk that right ?
After a few minutes, Kabir Bedi appeared in the lobby and let me tell you this, he is so DASHING ! Like REALLY. He was so sweet and my friend had a good conversation with him and he gave us all his autographs too.
We were excited and the television anchors saw that and wanted to talk to us- the fans !! Now there were more people and since we were in the first row, we all got questioned. Guess what ? My comment came on T.V too ! I am just going to let you guys watch it for yourself :)
Click on the link and watch the Show for June 22 and I will be on Screen at around 14 20. I am the one with the red scarf !
http://ontario.omninews.ca/index.php?language=1&bclid=424690586001
After Arshad left, the BBC anchor asked us to scream the one star we want to see the most and we all screamed SHAHRUKH KHAN and within a few minutes, the security people asked us to leave. They asked us to stand behind the barriers outside the hotel, away from the main entrance. That was it for us, we were disheartened thinking that now no star would make the effort to come all the way to us specially after their long 17-24 hour flights. But then we decided that whenever some one came, we would scream their name and ask them to come. And it worked !
After a little while we saw an IIFA car leave with Bobby Deol. We screamed asking him to stop and he DID ! Though he did not get out of the car, I was able to get a great video clip and he looks really cute.
Then Zayed Khan was looking hot in his suit and he was all dressed up to leave for his conference for Love Breakup Zindagi and we screamed and he came to us for a few minutes. He signed a few autographs too.
One of my favorite actresses after this weekend is Dia Mirza. She is GORGEOUS (and I let her know that) and such a sweetheart. She was leaving for the press conference too and was in her car. She stopped and this random girl screamed "Oh that's Dia mirza" and watch the video for the rest...
We were getting excited whenever we saw an IIFA labelled car as that were the cars with the stars. So now Madhavan had arrived and as soon as he kept his foot down we screamed like CRAZY ! There were 10-15 people and we had formed a group and it was great. Madhavan came to us and he spoke to us as if we knew each other. He chatted with many of us for good 15 minutes. We fell in LOVE with him instantaneously.
There were many great moments including waving at Ronit Roy, singing a song with Mr. Sajid, getting a picture clicked with Suchitra Pillai etc. After 6-7 hours of standing and waiting, we decided to retire for the day and come back the next day.
THE NEXT DAY !
After being kicked out of the Royal Yok again, we decided to walk in the streets of bloor street and Yorkville as many stars love to shop there. I decided to tweet about how I had bought a ticket for the party in the evening at Sheraton where SRK will be making an appearance and trended IIFA. And as a result, a Toronto Star Reported replied asking me if I could meet up with her and give her an interview as she was doing a write up for the IIFA weekend. I said YES and we arranged to meet at the Royal York around the afternoon. And guess what, it was published on her blog at the following link (and I do sound like a stalker but it was all worth it)
http://thestar.blogs.com/bollywood/2011/06/tip-for-meeting-the-iifa-stars-look-like-you-dont-care.html
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| With the reporter from Toronto Star- Gloria ! |
Later during the evening when the starts were leaving for the Premiere of the movie Double Dhamaal. The fans outside were CRAZY ! There must be around 100 of people waiting to just get a glance of the stars.
Boman Irani is another one of my favorites. He went to all the fans and said hello to them. We saw him up close. So did Javed Jaffrey, Gulshan Grover and Mallika Sherawat met their fans. I think Mallika is one of the most beautiful women in Bollywood. Camera does not do justice to her. She looks stunning and then when she sat in the car..me and my friend gave her a flying kiss and she gave us one back. I think she is just amazing.
After getting a glimpse of many more stars I decided to go home as I was tired of walking the entire day.
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