GUWAHATI: Guwahati is all set to host the prestigious and most glamorous cine awards, Filmfare Awards on February 15, 2020.
In a press meet on Thursday, the ATDC Chairman, Jayanta Malla Baruah said that eight promos were made which focussed on ‘Awesome Assam’ to promote the Filmfare awards.
Baruah informed that Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan are scheduled to attend the award ceremony but confirmation for the same is yet to be received.
The award will be hosted by Karan Johar and Vicky Kaushal. Further, the audience is supposed to take their seats by 5:30 PM and the show will begin at 6:00 PM on February 15.
Among other A-list actors who will come to Guwahati for this mega event are- Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh, Varun Dhawan, Karan Johar, Sunny Lenoe, Madhuri Dixit, Disha Patani, Radhika Apte, Kartik Aaryan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Rajkummar Rao, Ali Faizal, Manish Paul, Sooraj Pancholi, Bhumi Pednekar, Pooja Hedgre, Parineeti Chopra among others will be present.
While the other tentative actors who are scheduled to come to Guwahati include Deepika Padukone, Katrina Kaif, Sonam Kapoor, Vidya Balan, Hrithik Roshan, Hema Malini, Alia Bhatt, Aditya Roy Kapur among others.
Further as the award ceremony is exclusively organised by the Times Group, for the local media of Assam, special arrangements will be made for video and photo journalists where they will be able to interact with the stars at the airport itself.
Altogether, 150 Assamese artists and dancers including Aimee Baruah, Gayatri Mahanta and Seuz Priya and Sita Moni Lakhar will perform in this mega event. There will be three performances focusing on Assamese culture- namely Bihu, Sattriya and one tribal dance performance.
It is to be mentioned that the Sarusajai Stadium will have a seating capacity of 7006 seats. Further, the celebrities who will receive the award will arrive in Guwahati on February 15 while the other performers will be here on February 14.
