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Bollywood stars, business honchos, politicians accepted at IPL final!
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By Fakir Hassen

Johannesburg, May 20 (IANS) The Indian Premier League (IPL) final at the Wanderers Sunday will see the who's who of India abrading amateur with their South African counterparts at an aberrant acquisition here.

Although organisers are tight-lipped about the bedfellow list, top Bollywood stars and captains of Indian barter and industry as able-bodied as Indian politicians are accepted to hog the limelight.

As organisers clutter to acquisition adaptation at the Wanderers for the huge accidental of Indian celebrities expected, the IPL even withdrew the accreditation of some journalists for the semi-final and the final to acquiesce amplitude in the media centre for the guests.

Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta and Shilpa Shetty accept been present at IPL matches to acclamation their teams. Now a host of added celebrities do not wish to absence out on the razzmatazz.

Bollywood stars Kareena Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Rani Mukherjee and Bipasha Basu will accompany the affiliation of world-renowned choreographer Shiamak Davar alongside the pyrotechnics and laser appearance for what promises to be a amazing closing ceremony.

Many added cine stars, including from southern India, are cast ambassadors for some IPL teams and are acceptable to be apparent at the final.

They cover Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone, Ramya and Upendra (Bangalore Royal Challengers); Juhi Chawla, Arjun Rampal, Sajid Khan, and Farah Baron (Kolkata Knight Riders); accompanist Daler Mehndi (Kings XI Punjab); Vijay and Nayantara (Chennai Super Kings); Ila Arun (Rajasthan Royals); Hansika Motwani (Deccan Chargers); and Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Baron and Anil Kapoor (Mumbai Indians).

While some stars may absence out because of their cutting schedules, abounding accept fabricated above-mentioned arrange to be at the Wanderers.

On the business front, liquor Baron Vijay Mallya of the UB Group, who aswell has interests in South Africa and is listed by Forbes as the seventh-richest man in the world, will absolutely be actuality to acclamation his Bangalore Royal Chargers if they accomplish it to the final.

Mallya absent the aperture commemoration in Cape Town because he had already committed to abutting his Formula One aggregation - Force India - for the Chinese Grand Prix.

Mukesh Ambani, whose ancestors is the fourth-richest in the world, will be acquisitive to see his aggregation Mumbai Indians, which he bought for $111.6 million, in the final.

Although organisers were afraid to admit names for aegis reasons, some of India's foremost politicians are aswell accepted to appear the bright afterpiece of the five-week comedy that has taken South Africa by storm.

There are rumours that newly-elected South African President Jacob Zuma will arch the account of bounded dignitaries.

 
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