IIFA gets a grand 'flash mob' opening at Times Square

On April 13 New York sure got its dose of Bollywood. A group of young dancers wearing yellow t-shirts danced to a medley of hit Bollywood songs. Read on for more.

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IIFA gets a grand 'flash mob' opening at Times Square
IIFA flash mob

On April 13 New York sure got its dose of Bollywood.

A group of young dancers wearing yellow t-shirts danced to a medley of hit Bollywood songs - including Balam Pichkari, Saree Ke Fall Sa and the remixed version of Disco Deewane - bang in the middle of the Big Apple, to welcome IIFA or the International Indian Film Academy to the country.

Flash mob
The flash mob that broke into Bollywood moves in the middle of Times Square.

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The onlookers were stunned at first but quickly succumbed to some Bollywood fever.

IIFA will be held in Tampa Bay, Florida on April 26. Actors Shah Rukh Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Sonakshi Sinha and Deepika Padukone are among those nominated.

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