4 Bollywood films screened at IIFA

JOHANNESBURG: True to its motto of taking Indian cinema to theinternational audience, the IFFA Awards on Friday showcased four films, withAmitabh Bachchan starrer havingits world premiere and Sunil Shetty''s, Feroz Khan''s and Mani Shankar''smuch-awaited giving theirfirst global promos.The cast and crew of Honey Irani''s, featuring Amitabh Bachchan in anew-look sporting silver mane and white beard, was given a red-carpet welcome atMonte Casino, the venue of IIFA Awards tomorrow. Fans cheered andinternational media clicked away as the stars went in for the premiere-Cannesstyle-in the auditorium of the Monte-Casino complex. The film also stars AnilKapoor and PreityZinta., which will seecricketer Ajay Jadeja''s foray into the film world, is also the first venture ofactor Sunil Shetty as a producer. The film, which Shetty describedas a ''romantic thriller'', also features former Miss India Celiena Jaitley andSunny Deol.,directed by veteran Feroz Khan, stars his son Fardeen, and is a story of amotorbike racer."It has been a challenge competing with the screenpresence of my father, but we share a good rapport and we knew we could worktogether�, Fardeen said about Feroz, who also plays a character in thefilm. , a dark,sci-fi filled phychological thriller featuring Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty,Bipasha Basu and Isha Kopikkar tells the story of a scientist who has gotparanormal powers. The movie features some breathtaking special effects.