Sore Misses At The IIFA Grand Spectacle 2009 in Macau

Published on: 11th June, 2009

Those with bated breaths to catch the sizzling belly dance number of the lissom Kareena Kapoor to the song ‘Marjani’ from ‘Billu Barber’ will be left will fraught feelings as the oh-so-professional actress has dumped the show in the last few days preceding the event, with reports citing a muddle between the event organisers and the Billu babe. Kareena didn’t seem to tug the bait too well when she was not allowed to perform at the key times of the beginning and the finale of the event-something which is a priviledge set aside only for the Bachchan clan since Big B is the biggie of IIFA, the issue which she was reported to vouch for in very strong terms, in vain though.

With a bad after taste in her mouth, Kareena won’t be seen at all in the upcoming extravaganza, preferring to spend lovey-dovey moments with Saif dear, catching up on good old cricket in the T20 matches in England, who will also be visibly absent in the event.

Also missing on the performance circuit and in Macau, is the ‘Singh is King’ Star, Akshay Kumar, the family man that he is, had pre-planned for wife Twinkle and son aarav their month-long family get together, taking into consideration his son’s impending school commencement in mid-June.

The reel-cum-real life couple Priyanka-Shahid won’t be performing to their Kaminay title track number. With Priyanka’s exodus from the performance, many cite due to an apparent split in the two, Shahid has quoted earlier commitments to his long string of movies he seems to be busy with. The Greek-God replica, Hrithik also will be missed on the performance circuit, with Priyanka Chopra and Hrithik-Susan being seen in the audience only at the Grand finale.

Jaya Bachchan will be reportedly absent in the IIFA this year, with growing sisterly concerns setting in, as brother Amar Singh is in critical state, is believed to be undergoing major surgery in Singapore. The rest of the Bachchan clan had to be present at the upcoming event, with prime performances from Ash-Abhishek, prominent absence of a majority of A-List stars and Big B, being the brand ambassador of IIFA.