IIFA 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus scare, fresh date to be announced soon
Hindustan TimesThe International Indian Film Academy Awards 2020 has been postponed, in the wake of the coronavirus scare. An official statement from the IIFA organisers said, “With due regard to the growing concerns around the spread of the COVID-19 virus and keeping the health and safety of IIFA’s fans and the general community at large, after consulting the Madhya Pradesh government, the IIFA management, and stakeholders from the film industry it has been decided to postpone to a later date the much-awaited IIFA Weekend and Awards 2020 celebrations which were originally scheduled at the end of March 2020. “A fresh date and plans for hosting IIFA in Madhya Pradesh will be announced at the earliest. After a pre-event, scheduled for March 21 in Bhopal, the actual three-day IIFA 2020 was set to take place in Indore from March 27 to 29. “Deepika Padukone was scheduled to travel to France to attend Louis Vuitton’s FW2020 Show at the ongoing Paris Fashion Week but she had to cancel the trip due to the worsening of the coronavirus situation in France,” her official spokesperson had told IANS.