My review of the IIFA awards 2011

The IIFA Awards 2011 were held in Toronto on June 25, 2011. After a lot of hype and successful pre events, here's how the actual event panned out.

What was NOT impressive:

1. the green carpet was 3 hours long!!!!!! It was uneventful too. Had it been compressed in an hour, it would have been a lot more interesting to watch!

2. the length of the IIFA awards was 5 hours...it started at 9am and ended at 2am! If they were going to make it this long, they could have started it at 5pm.

3.The hosts....Boman and Ritesh were not good hosts. They needed people younger, more energetic, and funnier.

4. Related to the hosting, there was waaaaay too much dialouge. The oscars usually have a funny bit at the beginning, but then it's all down to business. Whereas at IIFA, there were constant attempts to be funny, and it just ended up draggggging the show out to 5 hours

5. Time Management-they need someone to cut the speeches so actors don't stay up there talking for so long. Why do we have to go down memory lane for half an hour with Dharmendra all the time? Just say your thank yous and a short story if you have to and be done with it. There were 3 lifetime achievement awards and the tributes and speeches just took up too much time.

6. Kangana's performance-fans paid for these tickets...at least put some effort into it.

The most unimpressive thing by far was:
7. THE LACK OF STAR POWER
I had no idea bollywood stars had such huge egos!! Fans paid a lot of money for those tickets just to see you guys. I don't care if your ego got slightly bruised...or you don't get along with someone else going...BE PROFESSIONAL and show up for your FANS. I seriously thought it was very stuck up of some of the stars that didn't show...when fans paid soooooooooo much money to see them-not to mention, fans waited outside for hours to catch a glimpse of them. The bollywood stars are just too immature this way. IIFA could have been a great international event had there been more unity.

What was IMPRESSIVE:

1. The Stage...the star of the night was the stage...it was beautiful! It's one of the best IIFA sets I've seen.

2. Bipasha and Priyanka's performance. Ranveer and Sonakshi also did a great job. The Ontario performance was nice too.

3. The sweet stars that came out to thank Toronto

4. The hollywood support was cool to see

5. Arjun Rampal and Karan Johar's moment on stage was kind of cute

6. Shah Rukh Khan: Since he was the only superstar there...it almost felt like the SRK Awards Show at times. He was the best dressed Male there. One awkward moment involving him was when a fan ran onto the stage and grabbed his leg! The security was unsure of when to respond because they thought it was part of the act, when they realized it wasn't they quickly pulled him off. SRK remained very dignified through the whole thing and made a witty joke to relieve the tension about how he wished female fans would grab his thighs instead of male ones. He was a class act :)

BEST DRESSED:

1. Diya Mirza
2. Shilpa Shetty
3. Esha Deol
4. Anushka Sharma
5. Sharmila Tagore

WORST DRESSED:
1. Amisha Patel
2. Bipasha Basu
3. Malika Sherawat-looked pretty hair and makeup wise but her dress was not that great

Overall, it was fun to see...it has a lot of potential...but I think for an international platform (considering Ontario spent 15 million on it), it could have been a little more brushed up and professional to say the least