Thursday, April 15, 2010

Karan Johar, Shah Rukh Khan to host IPL Awards

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and his close friend filmmaker Karan Johar will be hosting the Indian Premiere League (IPL) Awards night to honour best players and performances of the T20 tournament at the Grand Hyatt in Mumbai on April 23.

The evening, to be telecast on Colors in May, will be a fusion of cricket and entertainment - to be called Cricketainment - with some of India's biggest entertainers - including Oscar winner A.R. Rahman, Shilpa Shetty, Katrina Kaif, Priyanka Chopra and Hrithik Roshan - set to perform.

"This star-studded award ceremony will see the superstars of Bollywood and cricket get together to make it the Oscars of the cricketing world. Celebrating sportsmanship, the viewers will be in for colourful treat as IPL champions get felicitated for their performance through the series," Ashvini Yardi, programming head, Colors, said.

 "It will be one of its kind and fitting celebration with lots of exciting performances and brilliant surprises to conclude this year's IPL action," Yardi said in a press release.

Source : http://www.hindustantimes.com/Karan-Johar-Shah-Rukh-Khan-to-host-IPL-Awards/H1-Article1-531406.aspx

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