«Bollywood Oscars» comes home with first ceremony in India.

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20th international Indian film academy awards will be held in Mumbai this week

Kriti Sanon receives an award from Ayushmann Khurrana, left, and Deepika K, right, at last year’s IIFA in Bangkok. Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images
▼ The international Indian film academy awards – known as the BollywoodOscars – are to be held in India for the first time in their history this week.
Mumbai will host the 20th IIFA awards ceremony on Wednesday, where the megastars of a booming Hindi film industry will celebrate another bumper year, including in huge markets such as China. The event has been held in countries around the world since it began in 2000, with previous host cities including London, Toronto and Singapore, and most recently Bangkok.

Dancers perform the opening number at last year’s IIFA awards. Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images
With nearly 1,800 titles released in 2018, Indiahas the biggest film industry in the world in terms of the number of movies made. The industry grew 12.2% last year, including not only Hindi-language movies but also titles in regional languages such as Tamil and Telugu, according to a report released in March by Ernst & Young (EY) and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI).
The huge south Asian diaspora in North America, Britain and the Gulf region has traditionally been the major overseas market. Blockbuster releases in parts of North America and Britain are huge events, with passionate fans often queueing for hours.
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While Bollywood awards ceremony/events are always mega in size, selection of candidates and winners for award categories is always marred by controversies.
Hope, this year will be different and awards will be given to deserved candidates.