The actor, who is set to make his hosting debut at Indian International Film Academy (IIFA) Awards 2027, spoke about the issue at the IIFA Awards press conference in Mumbai on Thursday. Actor Varun Dhawan has raised the issue of film technicians not getting the kind of recognition they should at Bollywood award shows.
On Thursday, the IIFA 2027 officially kicked off with its star-studded press meet at a Mumbai hotel, attended by Salman Khan , Kareena Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, and Rashmika Mandanna, among others. “We will make sure IIFA 2027 is only about films. Varun shared that award shows should focus on celebrating films, performances, and the technicians behind them While discussing the grand event. We are here to celebrate films, actors, performances, and technicians. I am a technician’s son. Varun will be hosting the 27th IIFA Awards, alongside Ananya Panday, Karan Johar, and Maniesh Paul. The actor added that he plans to bring focus ‘back to films’ as the host of the prestigious awards. We have to bring it back to films. Varun sought advice from Salman Khan, known for hosting the reality show Bigg Boss, on how he should approach hosting the awards ceremony. “Don’t host. Six hours go into hosting. Best is to perform and leave,” Salman quipped.
Varun said. I have to be a little unhinged, and honest this time,” he said. “I feel today at film awards we talk about everything but films. I always feel that the importance we gave to technicians before, we don’t give them that respect today.
