Explaining what led to Bachchan’s fallout with IIFA, our source said, “Without taking Bachchan’s opinion, they not only held the event in Sri Lanka but also signed up Salman Khan to host it. These awards were Bachchan’s baby, and hence he was terribly hurt.”
When Wizcraft declared Sri Lanka as the venue for IIFA 2010, Tamil groups started a protest and asked everyone to either boycott the awards or change the venue. According to them, Sri Lanka needed to be shunned as their military officials had killed Tamils in large numbers last year in the war that led to the decimation of the Tamil Tigers.
The reason why IIFA is going around saying that they will never replace Bachchan? “That’s simply because they are still coaxing him to attend their press conferences and social dos. But here again, Bachchan has decided that he shall stay away.”
