Who is performing and hosting?
Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Shahid Kapoor are among the performers announced for IIFA 2027, following the event’s Mumbai press conference on October 22. The awards weekend is scheduled for January 22 and 23 at Etihad Arena on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, Khaleej Times reports.
The main ceremony’s hosting team brings together Karan Johar, Varun Dhawan, Maniesh Paul and Ananya Panday. Janhvi Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna and Nora Fatehi are also named in the performance line-up. The announcements set out distinct presenting teams for the main film awards and the digital-entertainment ceremony.
[1][2]What is different about the Digital Awards team?
Pankaj Tripathi will share hosting duties at the IIFA Digital Awards with Ali Fazal and Abhishek Banerjee. Bollywood Hungama’s account of their press-conference appearance describes Tripathi’s first hosting assignment and his apprehension about stepping into an unfamiliar role.
Tripathi spoke about his quiet speaking style and wondered how it would work in an awards-show setting. Fazal introduced him for a warm-up at the press conference, while Banerjee referred to his own previous experience hosting IIFA. Their exchange offers a glimpse of the presenting partnership planned for the digital ceremony, rather than a scripted preview of the eventual show.
[2]How are the two evenings organised?
The Digital Awards are scheduled for January 22, with Himesh Reshammiya and Sunidhi Chauhan among the musical performers. The main awards ceremony follows on January 23. Bollywood Hungama also reports that a YouTube livestream is planned, giving audiences outside the venue a way to follow the event.
For viewers choosing which evening to follow, the digital ceremony and main film awards have separate host line-ups even though they belong to the same weekend. Khaleej Times identifies the return as Abu Dhabi’s fourth time hosting IIFA, following its editions in 2022, 2023 and 2024. The current announcement adds the hosts and performers to the January programme.
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