The 'City of Joy' opened its heart to the cricket world as a dazzling Bollywood-style opening ceremony kicked off the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Tuesday, with American rapper Pitbull and superstar Shah Rukh Khan stealing the limelight.
This time around, too, the IPL 6 opening
ceremony was a gala affair with fanfare, music and the works. Shah Rukh
Khan, who also happens to be the owner of Kolkata Knight Riders, took
up the job on his pro shoulders of enthralling audiences with his
production company, Red Chillies Entertainment, that took care of every
detail of the grand evening.
The stage was set at Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium which saw spectacular performances from stars like Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone, international rapper Pitbull and SRK as the event was kicked-off with fireworks.
UPDATES FROM THE OPENING CEREMONY:
Once Pitbull left the stage, SRK was back, this time with Katrina and Deepika as they entertained the crowd, for a while, not exactly in 'Gangnam Style.'
And the wait is finally over! Here comes Pitbull!
SRK requests Usha Uthup and Bappi Lahiri to join him on-stage. And there the duo go - "ooua ooua tumse hai tumse pyaar", "dum maaro" with SRK dancing in the background.
Picture abhi baaki hai, says SRK and there begins "chammak challo".
Now, SRK dancing to his popular dance numbers like "Ladki badi anjaani hai".
Shah
Rukh begins enthralling the audiences his style by first thanking Mamta
Bannejee, IPL Chief, Katrina and Deepika among many others for their
presence.
So here we have the man we have been looking for all this while - SRK.
Coming up next: King Khan!
Dressed up in a black lehenga-choli, she is swaying her nimble body to "Mashallah" and "Chikni chameli".
Wow! now arrives Katrina Kaif, princess style!
Now, all the participating team leads are signing the ICC spirit of cricket pledge “Play hard, play fair”.
Here
comes Deepika Padukone...She is looking glam and sexy in a metal corset
and black leather trousers. Dippy began her live performance by dancing
to Honey Singh's "Angrezi beat" and is now shaking her well-toned booty
to "Tumhi ho bandhu" from 'Cocktail'. Deepika finishes her act, takes a
bow and leaves the stage.
Walkers on stilts take over the stage now. A cavalcade of flying drummers from Europe and gymnasts showing their skills.
IPL Chief, Rajeev Shukla was seen watching the show amongst the audiences. Also spotted was BJP's Arun Jaitley.
WB
CM, Mamta Bannejee, pressed the go-ahead button to signal the beginning
of the event. This is followed by Rabindranath Tagore’s "Aguner
poroshmani" playing in the background as the young dancers take to the
arena in ‘Om’ formation, holding aloft torches. Shah Rukh Khan is
reciting the poetry "where the mind is without fear" with his powerful
voice playing in the background.
Finally, Sameer announces, the opening ceremony is on its way to begin! Yay!
Sherry Paji is sharing his pearls of wisdom on TV.
So
here they come. The cheerleaders are introducing all the participating
teams with a montage of placards. On the other hand, in the stadium,
Bappi Lahiri (bedecked in gold, as usual) and Usha Uthup are excited for
their stage performance.
It seems Pitbull can't wait to
take the stage. He has tweeted: "@Pitbull finally my performance in
india at #PepsiIPL opening ceremony...daleeeeee!"
'Bigg Boss 6' participant Karishma Kotak is introduced by host Sameer as his co-host for the evening.
The
scene now shifts from the studio to the main event ground where another
host - Gaurav Kapoor - is raring to take the proceedings ahead.
Sameer
Kochhar, the host for the evening, introduces Navjot Singh Sidhu and
Kapil Dev who are going to be present throughout the entire IPL 6
journey.
The stage was set at Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium which saw spectacular performances from stars like Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone, international rapper Pitbull and SRK as the event was kicked-off with fireworks.
UPDATES FROM THE OPENING CEREMONY:
Once Pitbull left the stage, SRK was back, this time with Katrina and Deepika as they entertained the crowd, for a while, not exactly in 'Gangnam Style.'
And the wait is finally over! Here comes Pitbull!
SRK requests Usha Uthup and Bappi Lahiri to join him on-stage. And there the duo go - "ooua ooua tumse hai tumse pyaar", "dum maaro" with SRK dancing in the background.
Picture abhi baaki hai, says SRK and there begins "chammak challo".
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