IIFA 2007 Stars do Catwalk on Green Carpet
The IIFA Awards are described as the Oscars of the Bollywood industry attracting reaching 450 million viewers worldwide. Unlike Oscars where stars are really careful about there dresses, gowns and jackets, things were bit different at IIFA Green carpet walk.Bollywood stars turned out in some of gorgeous saris, gowns and Indian dresses. Indian influence in stars wearing western dresses was also evident.
Bipasha Basu in a red twisted dress revealing her midriff was the talk of town. So, was in focus new found Bollywood's International Star Shilpa Shetty in green-silver gown. Aishwarya was in long ghagra with hubby, aptly showing... we just got married, you know!
The star-studded event took an unprecedented environmental stance in this its eighth year, by swapping the usual red carpet for a green carpet to raise awareness of environmental issues.
In his opening address, IIFA Ambassador Amitabh Bachchan spoke of his concerns about global warming and requested of the crowd that they 'do something cool today' by joining Global Cool's campaign to tackle climate change.