Yorkshire county is planning an IIFA Fringe Festival this year alongside the main Bollywood awards weekend. It will include a ‘Bollywood Bazaar’ in Bradford, a mela in Leeds, a ‘Bollywood in the basin’ dance and arts event in Sheffield and another mini-mela in York. More on the Yorkshire Tourist Board website.

Last week Amitabh Bachchan (pictured) visited Leeds Civic Hall to raise curtains on the IIFA awards 2007.
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