HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | BOLLYWOOD Bollywood extravaganza in Kuala Lumpur09th Dec 2006 10.00 IST By Agencies Hysterical fans greeted Bollywood studs Salman Khan and John Abraham who arrived in Kuala Lumpur for the world premiere of Babul as part of the second Global Indian Film Awards function. More than 1,500 Malaysians, mostly women, stood patiently for more than three hours Thursday night waiting for the stars at the TGV Cineplex, adjoining the Petronas Twin Towers, one of the world's tallest buildings. 
The crowd screamed names of their favourite stars as they entered the complex. While some had passes for the movie, most of the people had come just to see their favourite Bollywood stars. The organisers had booked all the six halls in the Cineplex for the show. Salman, wearing black trousers and black shirt, waved to the crowd, signed his name on a billboard outside the movie Cineplex and walked inside. John walked towards the crowd and shook hands with them sending them into throes of excitement, while Bipasha Basu , dressed in a beige gown with a plunging neckline, waited for him on the red carpet laid for the stars. A few older fans, mostly Indians, cheered when yesteryear star Jeetendra wearing a long leather jacket walked to the Cineplex. Former Bollywood dance queen Helen , wearing a peach coloured sari, was also greeted enthusiastically by the older fans. Arbaaz Khan , Rahul Roy, Hema Malini and Esha Deol also attended the function. The movie premiere was part of a three-day Hindi cinema extravaganza, 2nd Global Indian Film Awards programme. A football match between the stars and Malaysian ministers, a charity dinner and fashion show also includes the award function. Last year the awards ceremony to honour Bollywood stars was held in Dubai. According to the organisers Entertainment Popcorn, owned by Sunil Shetty , the three-day festival would also witness mega performances by Shah Rukh Khan , Salman, Abhishek Bachchan , Priyanka Chopra , Katrina Kaif and Ameesha Patel . The emcees will be Arshad Warsi and Amrita Arora . The movies up for GIFA nominations for best film are Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna , Krrish , Lage Raho Munnabhai , Omkara and Rang De Basanti . Aamir Khan , Ajay Devgan , Hrithik Roshan , Sanjay Dutt and SRK will contest for the best actor award. Best actress nominations includes Bipasha, Kajol , Kangana Ranaut , Kareena Kapoor , Rani Mukherjee and Alice Patten . Related Salman Khan John Abraham Babul Bipasha Basu Helen Arbaaz Khan Hema Malini Esha Deol Sunil Shetty Shah Rukh Khan Abhishek Bachchan Priyanka Chopra Katrina Kaif Arshad Warsi Amrita Arora Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Krrish Lage Raho Munnabhai Omkara Rang De Basanti Aamir Khan Ajay Devgan Hrithik Roshan Sanjay Dutt Kajol Kangana Ranaut Kareena Kapoor Rani Mukherjee Alice Patten | ALSO READ scoop ~ Sorry Bhai – Movie Preview ~ When Hrithik Roshan swam with sharks! ~ Harman Baweja wants to do action film ~ Rajnikant asks fans not to celebrate his birthday ~ 'Ghajini' set for grand release ~ Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! – Movie Preview ~ How Salman Khan went blonde for 'Yuvvraaj' ~ Adhyayan steals Kangana's painting from the sets! ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ At 33, Sushmita Sen is single and ready to mingle ~ Barbara Mori to shoot in India ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > Halloween, New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Dostana, Dasvidaniya, Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi, EMI, Golmaal Returns, Fashion, Heroes, Roadside Romeo, Kidnap, Drona, Yuvvraaj , Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! , Sorry Bhai MUSIC Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , Yuvvraaj celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Koel Purie | Shahana Goswami | Adah Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Anushka Sharma | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Vidya Malvade | Malaika Arora | Shweta Kumar | | more... | 
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