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On a crowded stage at the Indian International Film Awards or IIFA in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, stood a knot of Bollywood celebrities from actresses Sonakshi Sinha and Bipasha Basu to filmmaker Subhash Ghai. They were collectively upstaged by one man - Anil Kapoor, the 58-year-old star of new film
Dil Dhadakne Do.
The perma-youthful Mr Kapoor danced with Sonakshi, Bipasha and other actors half his age, and out-quipped his nephew Arjun - when asked to comment on Arjun's 'naughtiness,' Mr Kapoor insisted he was 'naughtier' than the 29-year-old
Tevar star. (In Pics:
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'
Jhakaas' was also how Arjun described his uncle. Mr Kapoor also said that IIFA was being re-invented as a more youthful event because 'our country is young.' His pick for the Best Actor and Actress winners was a "no-brainer" - Shahid Kapoor for
Haider and Kangana Ranaut for
Queen.
Arjun, 29, had a '
Chittiyan Kalaiyaan' moment on stage:
Arjun, the son of Mr Kapoor's elder brother Boney, is to co-host the awards night on Sunday with his Gunday co-star Ranveer Singh. Off-stage, he told NDTV that IIFA might be 'sweet 16' but he and Ranveer are '
satra (17) pe khatra.' He declined to tell us what's in store for Sunday's gala finale but did say this: "We've put in a lot of time and energy because we believe in entertaining people -that's the most important fact that binds Ranveer and me together. We love making people laugh, have a good time, enjoy themselves." (Also Read:
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Arjun feigned mock-amnesia about the controversial AIB Roast which featured him and Ranveer as the Roastees but was instantly forthcoming when questioned about his Best Actor nomination for
2 States. He said, "It is a great achievement to be nominated at such a young age."
IIFA weekend has officially begun in the Malaysian capital and will conclude with the award show. Anil Kapoor's film
Dil Dhadakne Do - also starring Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra, Anushka Sharma, Farhan Akhtar and Shefali Shah - will be screened as part of the calendar of events on June 6.