Why Big B did not Performed at IIFA 2009?

There is news going around in industry circles regarding Amitabh Bachchan’s non-performance on the Aladdin song at the recently concluded IIFA awards 2009.

Riteish Deshmukh along with newcomer Jacqueline Fernandes was to perform with the Big B. But when the award function was held, there was no sign of the Bachchan. One and all present were left wondering what must have gone wrong.


The reason behind it was later made clear that Aladdin’s director, Sujoy Ghosh had signed a deal with IIFA without informing Amitabh
Bachchan about his performance for the promotion of his forthcoming Aladdin at the awards.

So when Big B was informed about the same only 15 days before the award function, he immediately summoned Sujoy Ghosh and asked why he didn’t inform him early that he would get sufficient time for the rehearsals. He skipped the performance because of less time and his
involvement with IIFA.

The Aladin also stars Sanjay Dutt, Supriya Pathak and Saahil Khan and has been scheduled for a August 14th release date.

Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie (2000-2009)

The Filmfare Awards are the oldest and most prominent film awards given for Hindi films in India. The yearly awards started in 1953. Movie awards were first given by popular vote. Many complained that films of artistic merit rather than commercial appeal were being overlooked, hence a new award category was added, the Critics Award for Best Movie.

2000 Sarfarosh - John Matthew Matthan The film dealt with an Indian police officer's fight to stop cross-border terrorism and starred Aamir Khan in the role of an IPS Officer.

2001 Halo - Santosh Sivan It tells the story of Sasha (Benaf Dadachandji) who is searching for her lost puppy in the streets of Mumbai and the variety of people that she meets.It also won National Film Award for Best Children's Film.

2002 Dil Chahta Hai - Farhan Akhtar Written and directed by then-newcomer Farhan Akhtar, starring Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni and Dimple Kapadia. The plot was set in modern-day urban Mumbai and focuses on a major period of transition in the lives of three young friends.

2003 The Legend of Bhagat Singh - Rajkumar Santoshi The film shows in detail how Singh came to develop his views on the British Raj and his struggle for Indian independence and starred Ajay Devgan, Sushant Singh, and Ian Davies.


2004 Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. - Rajkumar Hirani The story involves protagonist, Munna Bhai, (Sanjay Dutt), a goon, going to medical school. He is helped by his sidekick, Circuit (Arshad Warsi).

2005 Yuva - Mani Ratnam The prime objective of the movie was to motivate educated Indian youths to enter politics.The film tells the stories of three young men from completely different strata of society and one fateful incident on Kolkata's Hooghly Bridge which changes their lives forever.

2006 Black - Sanjay Leela Bhansali Black revolves around a blind, deaf and mute girl(Rani), and her relationship with her teacher (Amitabh) who himself later suffers from Alzheimer's disease.

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2007 Lage Raho Munna Bhai- Rajkumar Hirani It is the second film in the popular Munna Bhai series of Bollywood. Sanjay Dutt stars in this film as Munna Bhai, a Mumbai (Bombay) underworld don, who begins to see the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi. Through his interactions with the image of Gandhi, Munna Bhai begins to practice what he calls Gandhigiri (Satyagraha, non-violence, and truth) to help ordinary people solve their problems.

2008 Chak De! India - Shimit Amin Bollywood sports film about field hockey in India. It is produced by Yash Raj Films and stars Shahrukh Khan as Kabir Khan, the (fictional) former captain of the Indian national field hockey team.

2009 Mumbai Meri Jaan - Nishikanth Kamath It stars R. Madhavan, Soha Ali Khan, Irfan Khan, Paresh Rawal and Kay Kay Menon. It deals with the aftermath of the 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings, where 209 people lost their lives and over 700 were injured.