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IIFA 2023: Kamal Haasan, Riteish Deshmukh, Genelia Deshmukh and Manish Malhotra to be honouredFilm personalities, Kamal Haasan, Riteish Deshmukh, Genelia Deshmukh and Manish Malhotra will be honoured during this year’s IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) Awards, which will be taking place at Yas Islands in Abu Dhabi on May 26 and 27.

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Kamal Haasan will be felicitated with ‘Outstanding Achievement in Indian Cinema’ while Riteish and Genelia will be presented with ‘Outstanding Achievement in Regional Cinema.’ Manish Malhotra will be bestowed upon with ‘Outstanding Achievement in Fashion and Cinema.’

Kamal Haasan has had a decade-long relationship with IIFA. Speaking about the same, he said in a statement, “I am extremely honoured and grateful that I have been a part of many IIFAs and they are doing a great job promoting Indian cinema globally and this time I am being honoured at IIFA 2023 at Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. Excited to be present at the event.”

Kamal Haasan, 68, began his career as a child artist, at the age of six, in the 1960 Tamil film Kalathur Kannamma, bagging the President’s Gold Medal. Since then, he has acted in over 200 films and bagged four National Awards. He has also earned accolades as a filmmaker.