PIX: IIFA begins with starry Shanghai premiere

The 13th International India Film Festival (IIFA) kicked off in Singapore with the premiere of Dibakar Banerjee's well-reviewed film Shanghai.

Banerjee looked cheerful, obviously basking in the film's critical success.

Abhay Deol and Kalki Koechlin accompanied the director while the film's biggest star Emraan Hashmi remained absent.

The brand ambassador of IIFA, Bipasha Basu, made a stunning picture on the red carpet.

Sonu Sood was flanked by beauties Neha Dhupia and Bodyguard's Hazel Keech.

Chitrangada Singh wore a Bengali lal-paar sari, possibly to show support to Shanghai's Bengali director?

Kamaal Haasan is flanked by his Vishwaroopam actresses, Andrea Geremiah and Pooja Kumar.

Not many know that Geremiah started her movie career as a playback singer in south movies.

After making a successful debut in Bollywood with Vicky Donor, TV actor Ayushman Khurana explored his colourful side on the IIFA red carpet.