Lengthy Bollywood style opening ceremony launches IPL-V
Bollywood superstars Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor and American pop sensation Katy Perry were the highlights of a lengthy ing ceremony of the fifth edition of the IPL, which failed to live up to its high expectations in Chennai on Tuesday night despite the huge glamour quotient.
Although there was no dearth of star power with megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Prabhudeva att ing the ing nite, it still drew a lacklustre response from the nearly 15,000 spectators who had gathered at the YMCA College of Physical Education here.
Even the attempts by the hosts to cheer up the crowd failed to enthuse the audience who were subjected to a typical Bollywood style entertainment but without much verve and spirit.
Amitabh, returning to work after two abdominal surgeries earlier this year, started the proceedings for the evening with a r ition of a poem If I were to be born again, written by renowned lyricist Prasoon Joshi.
The 69-year-old veteran actor with his baritone voice and inimi style hit the right chords but the dance performance choreographed by Shiamak Davar at the background was a dampner.
The r ition started to the ceremony, which set the stage for the 54-day extravaganza featuring nine teams who would be locked in a battle for the next two months.
South African percussion band First Project, composer DJ Ravi Drums and Colonial Cousins then took the stage and churned out their brand of music.
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra then put her dancing shoes and performed to hit numbers from her films such as Don, Don 2 and Kaminey, which even saw India spinner Harbhajan Singh shaking a leg along with her.
India's dancing sensation and Chennai's own Prabhu Deva then burned the dance floor with his performance where he danced to songs from films such as Wanted\ and Hum Se Hai Muqablah.
Read More......
Read More......
0 comments:
Post a Comment