BOLLYWOOD FILM STARS TO ATTEND ZEE CINE AWARDS IN SINGAPORE

SINGAPORE, Dec 22 (Bernama) – Top Bollywood film stars including actor Shah
Rukh Khan and actress Aishwariya Rai Bachchan, will converge here on Jan 14,
for the annual Zee Cine Awards 2011, an awards ceremony for the Hindi film
industry.

Among the A-list celebrities who are scheduled to attend the ceremony are
actresses Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, and actor Arjun Rampal.

The Zee Cine Awards was first held in 1998 in Mumbai but since 2004 the
ceremony was held outside India, first in Dubai, then London (2005 and 2008),
Mauritius (2006), and Kuala Lumpur (2007).

The star-studded awards ceremony, to be held at the grand ballroom of the
new Marina Bay Sands hotel by the Marina Bay, will also be simulcast ‘live’ to
the public at the hotel’s expo and convention centre from 6.30pm onwards.

The recording of the ceremony will also be aired to worldwide audience via
the Zee network but only two weeks later.

The ceremony will be co-hosted by actor Akshay Kumar and film maker and
actor Sajif Khan.

The hotel spokesperson said tickets for the “live” simulcast are priced at
S$40 and they would be treated to “live” entertainment with a deejay that will
spin the latest Bollywood hits, dance groups who will perform to hit songs.

-– BERNAMA