Absence of Bachchans, Khans, won't make IIFA look any less: Abhay Deol

IIFA will be missing a few Bollywood superstars like Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan and Shahrukh Khan, this year. But, a confident Abhay Deol thinks the other way. Abhay said that other actors would fulfill the gap and live upto the expectations of the masses at IIFA.

Talking to the media at the green carpet of the world premiere of his film Shanghai, Deol said, "It would have been good to have the Khans and the Bachchans, but I hope that not having them won't make the award function look any less." He added, "I'd like to believe, just like we had the Khans and the Bachchans, we have all sorts of artists who are good enough to support an award function."

The 13th International Indian Film Academy Awards is being held from 7-9 June, 2012 in Singapore. Stars like Priyanka Chopra, Salman Khan, Bipasha Basu, Ranbir Kapoor, Chirtangada Singh, Rishi Kapoor will be attending the awards fuction.