Welcoming Bollywood stars to Vancouver

Indian actress and former model, Anushka Sharma, has appeared in Hindi films since 2008 and has won a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Indian actress and former model, Anushka Sharma, has appeared in Hindi films since 2008 and has won a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

YVR’s welcome area hosted hundreds of fans eager to connect with their favourite Bollywood A-listers arriving to take part in the Times of India Film Awards, April 4-6, 2013.

Actor Ranbir Kapoor has appeared in several Bollywood films and won two Filmfare Critics Awards for Best Actor.

Actor Ranbir Kapoor has appeared in several Bollywood films and won two Filmfare Critics Awards for Best Actor.

Holding cameras aloft, screaming crowds greeted the arriving artists who signed autographs and posed for pictures in a special Welcome Area set up on Level 3 Departures, just past the U.S. check in.

The province of B.C. provided funding of $11-million to stage the awards, which were presented by the Times of India—India’s largest media conglomerate, which reaches 90-million people a day through its various brands.