Karan Johar
Karan Johar

The first ever South Africa India Film and Television Awards will be held on 6th September in Durban, South Africa, and the hosts for the evening have been confirmed as Karan Johar and Dia Mirza. The event is a cross-cultural awards night featuring celebrities from both India and South Africa. The nominations for the film and television awards will be decided upon by an Indian and South African panel of judges, and will later be put up for public voting.

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The Indian panel of judges includes Boman Irani, Farah Khan, Mukesh Bhatt, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Waheeda Rehman. The South African jury includes personalities from the fields of arts and culture such as Caroline Smart, Leleti Khumalo, Linda Bukhosini, Peter Rorvick, Saira Essa and Welcome Msomi. The night will also feature performances by the likes of Priyanka Chopra, Ranveer Singh, Sidharth Malhotra, Manish Paul, Mona Singh, Apurva Agnihotri and Shilpa Agnihotri.

Team MissMalini will be in attendance at SAIFTA this year, so watch this space for all our updates straight from the event!