Her Dubai performance was cancelled at the last moment
Her Dubai performance was cancelled at the last moment
Bipasha Basu and Katrina Kaif's New Year's Eve performances got cancelled because of 26/11.
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Meanwhile, Mallika Sherawat's ambitious plans for her performance went for a toss when Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Prime Minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the ruler of Dubai, called off the Gulf state's opulent, multimillion-pound New Year's Eve celebrations due to the violence in Gaza, Palestine.
The festivities were cancelled late Wednesday after noon (December 31) seven hours before Mallika was due to perform! Apparently, Mallika had charged almost a crore for her performance.
According to Sheikh Mohammed's order, Dubai would mark the New Year with a sombre tone as a token of solidarity with the Palestinian people in general and Gaza Strip in particular, which is currently under the barrage of Israeli's military fire. The Sheikh felt that all public New Year's celebrations should be stopped.
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Says a source from Carving Dreams, Mallika's celebrity manager, "Mallika, Adnan Sami, Usha Uthup, Shibani Kashyap and DJ NYK were to perform in the Airport Expo, East Hall at the Country Club, Dubai to bring in the New Year. They left for Dubai on Tuesday night but that very night, all outdoor events to celebrate the New Year in Dubai, including fireworks and loud music were banned, following a decision by Sheikh Mohammed to cancel all events. All New Year celebrations were cancelled while no fireworks or outdoor music were allowed.
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Mallika had even completed her tech-rehearsal when she was told that the event had been cancelled."
Apparently, the acts planned out for Mallika's entry were grand. Informs the source, "Mallika would have made a grand entry on three camels dancing to Maiyya maiyya, Talli and other hit songs. She had worked hard on her costume too."
Continues the source, "Mallika understands the situation and is not disappointed.u00a0 She had been put up at the Royal Suite in the Grand Hyatt hotel. The Royal Suite, which is usually given to members of the royal family, costs almost 55,000 dirhams per day."
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