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"The 13th International Indian Film Academy Award celebrations have kicked off with the IIFA voting weekend 2012. Bollywood stars including Dia Mirza, Parineeti Chopra, Arbaaz Khan and Arjan Bajwa came forward to cast their vote for the ceremony to be held later this year, PTI reports.   Chopra, who has won the &amp;#039;best debut&amp;#039; trophy at several awards functions for her performance in Ladies vs Ricky Bahl, said: &amp;quot; I have already collected ten awards till now, looking forward to get an IIFA award as well.  &amp;quot;Every day I keep counting awards. The best part about IIFA is that it is not rigged and there is no favouritism.&amp;quot;  Filmmakers Ramesh Sippy, David Dhawan, Sujoy Ghosh and Zoya Akhtar, actresses Genelia D&amp;#039;Souza and Urmila Matondkar, composer duo Salim-Sulaiman, singer Shaan, and actors Vivek Oberoi and Sonu Sood were also present.  Although there is no official announcement as to where IIFA awards will take place this year, actor Arjan Bajwa, after casting his vote, said: &amp;quot;This year we have it in Singapore.&amp;quot;  The event  took place in Toronto last year. Veteran director Ramesh Sippy said: &amp;quot;In the last 13 years IIFA&amp;#039;s popularity has increased, it helps trade between two countries - India and where the award ceremonies are held. Tourism also goes up.&amp;quot;  When asked who is his favourite star this year, he announced: &amp;quot;All I know is Vidya will win [an] award.&amp;quot;  Speaking about the ceremony,  Mirza, who performed at last year&amp;#039;s event, said: &amp;quot;Every year IIFA just keeps getting better. I am looking forward to the award ceremonies.&amp;quot; Watch the trailer for Parineeti Chopra&amp;#039;s Ladies vs Ricky Bahl below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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