2006 IIFA Awards - Dubai

It doesn't get any better than this, does it? 

If nothing else, the event that took place on June 16th this year was an incredible change from the dishevelled confusion of most filmi award shows that take place in Bombay.

Preity Zinta has an I Dream of Jeannie moment

For the UAE event, everyone actually looked like they showered and combed their hair before leaving the house, the sets were shiny and more substantial, plus the camera work was tighter and more focused.  (And a special thanks to Upen Patel for losing the sunglasses……. and the jacket.)

 

By comparison, the most recent Filmfare awards show was typical for what you’d expect….. rows upon rows of bored actors and family sitting on white plastic garden chairs, looking sullen and chewing gum, as the camera panned all over the place trying to determine if the winner of any given award was actually making his or her way toward the stage.

66 Responses to “2006 IIFA Awards - Dubai”

  1. Masale.Wallah Says:

    Did you see the awards on TV, Filmfare or IIFA? I remember, how earlier, the broadcasting of the Filmfare awards used to be a huge deal. It was about the only time one got to saw movie stars as normal people. But now there are so many awards, it’s hard to keep track.

  2. filmiholic Says:

    Hi MW,

    Both seen on tape from the local DVD place, though it was broadcast on Star, so I’m guessing my guys here taped and duplicated it from one of the several Star channels locally.

    Not that I’ve even been a fan of the production of the Academy awards, but I gotta admit that this IIFA show is a happy medium between the sloppy Bombay productions and the shlocky but plastically slick Oscars here.

  3. Masale.Wallah Says:

    By a coincidence, the IIFA are being (re?)broadcast on Star Gold, even as I write this. Must say they’re much better than anything put together by the Filmfare people. I’ll stop now and get back to watching Saif dance his way through a medley of hits.

  4. filmiholic Says:

    Did you catch that weird acceptance speech of Himesh Reshamiya?

    It started out kinda sweet, bringing his Dad up on stage, but then he started a bilious long jag of singing and going on about Amitabh Bachchan, who looked rather uncomfortable when the cameras cut to him.

  5. babasko Says:

    Do you like Himesh? I think I´m rocksteady in the “I don´t get what people like about his songs and his voice” camp. So his speech just cemented my stand on him.

  6. filmiholic Says:

    Hey Babasko!

    Actually, I gotta admit I do like both, just ’cause they’re different (though the speech really makes me thing he’s pretty flaky).

    The one I really don’t get and don’t like is the guy who’s face often goes with his singing: Emran Hashmi. Much ado about nothing, imho.

    What do you think of him?

  7. shoefiend Says:

    Award shows! How I love them-if I can stay up for them. Somewhere between Awards for technical exellence and the nth medley of songs and dancing I invariably zzzzz. Also, why is it that they always cut to AB or Jaya if Rekha’s on stage? Or Rekha when one of the other two are on stage? C’mon people find other threesomes to cover!

  8. filmiholic Says:

    Shoefi, I completely agree with you! The last Filmfare awards show was 25% that only. You almost got whiplash from all the fast cuts to Rekha every other minute. Which is all rather funny, given that I’ve heard rumors that the whole love-triangle bit iver the years was actually a scheme to throw the press off something else…

    And what about Javed Jaffrey? After his gruesome performance at the Filmfare Awards, I heaved a sigh of relief that IIFA was without him, until, uh ohhhhhhhhh, there he was again. Is this the only thing this dude does nowadays? Someone needs to make Boom II and get him off the stage.

  9. babasko Says:

    I cant have his voice. the whining makes me wanna slap him (not hard, just a bit *g*) there are some soundtracks he did that i like but his songs never stick with me which is a sign of indifference and getting an indifference tag from me is usually not a good sign :D

  10. Nee Says:

    I liked the first couple of Himesh’s songs because of the different sound - but now, it’s just overkill. Have you heard the songs from Rocky? He seems to do almost all of his own singing and well, after a point, I can’t seem to distinguish between one song and the next.

  11. Masale.Wallah Says:

    The latest rumor/news is that he’s all set to act in a film as the lead.

  12. Resj Says:

    I LIKE UPEN PATEL .. He Is SOOOOO HOTTT!! He looks like Peter Andere, he is also So Damnn Hott!!

    I LOVE YOUU ,, UPENN!!!

    x

    Your Biggest Fann Reshma ..

  13. Ishmam Yousuf Says:

    I like you Emraan. You are so cool and you are always the best. I am a very big fan of yours and i always collect your pictures. Until now i have collected 312 pictures. I have all songs of yours DVD oh yours. I just want to meet you once and then my dream will be fullfill. Please can i meet you once.
    I am only 11 yerrs old and my birthday is on 16th of march and your birthdays on 23rd of march.Iam so happy that your birthday is in the same month as my birthday.

    Your biggest fan Ishmam……..

  14. yousuf Says:

    i never seen such an ……… guy like ishman.
    you shuold be happy because u live on planet earth where emraan lives.
    and to an astonishing coincidence ur just a human being like emraan.

  15. movie luver Says:

    I love Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra, and Hrithik Roshan soooooooo much. They are the best. Their acting and looks are great. I also LOVE award shows, the 2007 Zee Cine awards and the Sony Max awards were teh ebst I always try to stay up as late as I can just to watch them. But I love Preity Zinta soooo much. She is sooo beautiful, sometimes she doesn’t even look Indian

  16. avnur Says:

    hi i love rithic he is so hotti i wish he makes a move here in surrey because if he did i would be the firat to be thar i have 1258 posters of him bye love you

  17. RG Says:

    Movie luver…..r u saying Indians r ugly? lolz

  18. Priiyanka Says:

    i love upen patel —xxx mwah mwah mwah

  19. deeopanshu Says:

    preity zinta was really awesome…….

  20. Ali Says:

    i was just waiting 4 priety performance.
    but unortunatly fader was dere and i had 2 mis my dimple girls perfomance.
    i would realy apreicate if star gold shows againthis show.

  21. raksana Says:

    hi i want to say that is rely good to watch the hindi movies ist relycool

  22. raksana Says:

    salut ca va j aime beaucoup regarder les fillms en hindi.
    what i love the most is shahrukh khan i love you i love you iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii llllllooooooovvvveee yyyyyyooouuuuuuuu you qre sow cool

  23. Salman Says:

    Dar kusi ochai hamat bgom Hindio !!! Megirum hamata megom tez hudutona safed kunen , ki rangi man siyohen !!! Hamata dar sari ker mebardorum !!! Bye Bye !

  24. sid x akshay GYAL! Says:

    like i lov akshay kumar!! hes soo hotyy!!! no1 can get him hes mine !! hands off !! xx mwha lov u xx

  25. ashreeta Says:

    UpEn UpEn uPeN UpEn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SIK GUY LOL

  26. asia Says:

    preuty zinta is cool

  27. faiza Says:

    Akshya kumar it”s cool and i love he moveis i am from norway and I am Pakistan…… Akshay kumare have a moveis the moveis naem it”s a Namastey london the movei it”s god and i laikes Akshay kumar”s movei bye bye

  28. sanna Says:

    awwwwwwwwww upen…. upen hes so hot n sexy i love him

  29. nafeesa Says:

    i think preattis really pretty.and all her outfits fit really well.

  30. anjali patel Says:

    I love HRITHIK , PRIYANKA, and KATHRINA. Hrithik Roshan is like the hottie. He is so hot. Priyanka is so so so so so pretty. Kathrina is tall and pretty.

  31. Akbar Dad khan Says:

    hi. i love shah rukh khan. aysha takia . shahid kapoor
    i wish that shah rukh open own academy for new youth . then from this way bollywood can go ahead than hollywood
    i wish that it will be happen .
    Me akbar khan also wants admit in Bollywood

  32. veronica maribel bellido martinez Says:

    me gusta tus pelis pero kisiera acerte una pregunta t as casado con sharhuk kham

  33. lucero Says:

    pues que decir, son geniales, son los mejores actores y se merecen sus premios mis mas sinceras felicitaciones desde PERU un besote chao.

  34. lucero Says:

    lo mejor del cine,, desde aqui lima peru

  35. Maryam Says:

    wowww,Hrithik’s performance and preity’s performance were outstanding,I love them together,they are excellent,hrithik’s dance was amazing .

  36. yasine Says:

    i love india. i wish visit it one day, i hope also indian stars come to visit morocco then to make their awards there. i want bollywood to be the best industry film in the world.

  37. rojda Says:

    i love pretty zinta and sharukhan

  38. upen Says:

    I love upen Patel..
    He is 2 Hoooooooot

  39. deepanshi mahajan Says:

    the best i like is iifa awards they are the most beautiful and competition are there which i like mostand best of luck to those who are taking the part in this and i aso says that in best male awards will go to SHARUKH KHAN and the femail award will go tomy faourite actresskatrina kaif she play best role in PARTNER i have also seen all the films of her. and one more time BEST OF LUCK to all of you.

  40. 1 HOT ROTI CHICKS Says:

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE JOHN ABRAMHAM & UPEN PATEL . UPEN IS SUPER HOT BuT JOHN IS A LITTLE HOTTER MWAH MWAH MWAH LOTS A LUV ROTI CHICKS

  41. dilan Says:

    hallo ich mag bollywood als stars mag ich aish preity karenakajol rani

  42. dilan Says:

    hi my name is dilan im a from germany the bollywood is greed bay bay

  43. sita Says:

    hi
    how are you?

  44. zahra Says:

    hi how are you dear pretty i like your movies so much your real pretty take care bye

  45. susan Says:

    hrithik is cuerazo

  46. sabah Says:

    i love preity zinta and she is the best?

  47. sabah Says:

    and she rocks the world!!!!!

  48. sabah Says:

    she is crazy girl…………….. hahahhahahahahahahaha……… joking……….

  49. sabah Says:

    she is so stupid and a girl bad i hate her and i l ove kareena kapoor!!!!

    HEHHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHHEHEHEHHHEHHE……………………

    JOKE YAARRRRRR NO TENSION!

  50. sabah Says:

    TENSION KYA KO LENE KYA SAHI BOLTA SAHI BOLTA!!!!!!!!!!

  51. sabah Says:

    YAK? i hate hrithik roshan and he is a very very bad hero yak!yak !yak! !yak…… nafrat hai mujhe os se!!!!!

  52. sabah Says:

    akshay kumar woh bohut acha hai aur bohut cute bhi hai i love him and is not like that stupid hrithik roshan!!!!

  53. dolly Says:

    u stupid sabah.u no nothing about acting.u r not worth of hrithik’s shoes.zara apni sakl aaine mein dekhlena aur phir kisiko mat dikhana apne aap ko bhi nahin.

  54. dolly Says:

    o sabah mujhe tum par hasi aa rahi hai.bcoz tum un par ungli uthati ho jinhe duniya jhuk kar salam karti hai.

  55. saad mohammed Says:

    IT WAS WASTE THAT SRK WAS NOT THERE.PLZ PASS THIS MESSAGE TO SHARUKH KHAN…………………………………SRK KEEP ON GOIN LOVE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

  56. zahra Says:

    i love you

  57. Sher Says:

    I love Preity Zinta. She is the best,best,best

  58. shahrzad Says:

    hello im shahrzad i very very love indio i wish and hope to see shahrukh khan and preity zinta and akshy kumar

  59. marinda Says:

    indian actresses and actors are my favorite.i really like indian a lot….peace to u all out there in india…god bless u all…tekker

    I LOVE INDIA…!!!!>

  60. abubakar Says:

    preity is the best, very beautiful.
    Allah always bless her, may she smile all her life.

  61. ghotai Says:

    preity zinta is van mijn best vrienden

  62. Sana Says:

    I love you you look so prety in Veer-Zaara and as Zaara that was my favorite movie of yours.

    from: sana
    I looooovvvvvvveeeeeeee you s

  63. rachna Says:

    i lov hrithik roshan the way he dances n acts i just lov it n also pretty zinta i lov her also she is my best

  64. Rameen nadeem xx Says:

    PREITY ZINTA AND SALMAN KHAN R DA BST
    GO U 2

  65. sedat Says:

    hi i love you im 13 old bybby

  66. Krishan Says:

    Hi. I am a great fan of Hrithik. And I liked the couple dance performed by Hrithik and that girl ‘na tum jano na hum’ ya I liked it the most from the whole award function. I want to know the name of the girl dancing with Hrithik Roshan. Can any one tell? thanx.

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