Guwahati is all set to host the prestigious and glamorous award show, Filmfare Awards on February 15, 2020, and the list of actors who will attend the mega award has already been finalized.
Addressinga press conference today, ATDC Chairman, Jayanta Malla Baruah said that eightpromos were made which focussed on 'Awesome Assam' to promote the Filmfareawards and the Awesome Assam has been beautifully screened in the Filmfare,said Baruah.
Hefurther informed that Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is yet to confirm hispresence in the award ceremony as he has undergone a knee surgery today whileBig B Amitabh Bachchan has already confirmed that he will not be able to attendthe ceremony due to his ill health.
Theaward will be hosted by Karan Johar and Vicky Kaushal. Further, the audience issupposed to take their seats by 5:30 PM and the show will begin at 6:00 PM onFebruary 15.
Amongother A-list actors who will come to Guwahati for this mega event are- AkshayKumar, Ranveer Singh, Varun Dhawan, Karan Johar, Sunny Leone, Madhuri Dixit,Disha Patani, Radhika Apte, Kartik Aaryan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Siddhant Chaturvedi,Rajkummar Rao, Ali Faizal, Manish Paul, Sooraj Pancholi, Bhumi Pednekar, PoojaHedgre, Parineeti Chopra among others.
Whilethe other tentative actors who are scheduled to come to Guwahati includeDeepika Padukone, Katrina Kaif, Sonam Kapoor, Vidya Balan, HrithikRoshan, Hema Malini, Alia Bhatt, Aditya Roy Kapur among others.
Further, as the award ceremony is exclusively organized by the Times Group, for the local media of Assam, special arrangements will be made for video and photojournalists 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.
Assamartists' Zubeen Garg, Adil Hussain, Seema Biswas have also confirmed theirparticipation in the Filmfare award.
Itis to be mentioned that the Sarusajai Stadium will have a seating capacity of7006 seats. Further, the celebrities who will receive the award will arrive inGuwahati on February 15 while the other performers will be here on February 14.
The ATDC Chairman further informed that most of the tickets have been sold through Book My Show and Awesome Assam but a few tickets of Rs. 3 lakh, 2 lakhs, and 1 lakh are remaining. He also said that more than 90% of people from Assam have bought the tickets.