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The hotels that provided accommodation to Bollywood stars during the 2010 IIFA awards in Sri Lanka are yet to be paid and many service providers have also been left high and dry,media reports said on Monday.
Nearly 100 million rupees in unpaid bills remains to be settled,the Lanka News web portal reported adding that deluxe hotels in Colombo have become “victims” after welcoming the Indian stars.
According to reports Sri Lanka’s tourism authority had hosted the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards as part of tourism promotion with the Indian organisers having to pay virtually nothing for their stay.
The awards was marred by boycott calls and the absence of many top names,including IIFA brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan. His actor son Abhishek,daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai and megastar Shah Rukh Khan too were absent from the Colombo event.
Sri Lanka as a venue for IIFA has angered many Tamil supporters in India,who accused the Sri Lankan army of killing Tamils civilians during the peak of the conflict between the army and LTTE last year.
The South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce (SIFCC) had said it would boycott Bollywood actors participating in the event.
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