Shilpa and Katrina will perform at IPL finale  Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty will join American R&B sensation Akon
as he sings his Grammy award winning "Smack That" at the closing
ceremony of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Wanderers in
Johannesberg on Sunday (May 24) night.Organisers also said
Katrina Kaif will join a troupe of Indian and South African dancers led
by award-winning choreographer Shiamak Davar to perform the
Oscar-winning A.R. Rahman song "Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire". The
two actors will be the only ones performing at the finale, ending
widespread speculation here that a bevy of Bollywood beauties would
feature at the closing ceremony. Caribbean music legend Eddy
Grant will perform the ever popular "Walking on Sunshine" and his
anti-apartheid hit "Gimme Hope Jo'anna", which became an anthem in the
days when the white minority government of South Africa strictly
regulated everything from music and song to social gatherings. The
five-week IPL will end on a high note for Shilpa performance-wise, but
this will be clouded by the fact that her Rajasthan Royals team has no
hope of retaining its champion status from the inaugural series last
year. Other highlights on the night will include a perfectly
synchronised piece featuring renowned percussionist Shivamani and a
group of Indian and South African drummers. Apart from the
various musical acts, the crowd will also be introduced to the Miss
Bollywood IPL South Africa finalists, culminating with the crowning of
the winner of the beauty competition, who will get a guided tour
through Bollywood as one of her prizes. This apart, 1,500
flying lanterns will be lit and released while a thrilling pyrotechnics
show using several thousand rounds of fireworks will light up the
Johannesburg skyline as final awards signal the end of an unprecedented
cricket event which was keenly taken up by locals, who also opened
their hearts to the thousands of Indians who came to watch the series.Indo-Asian News Service | |
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