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Jagruti Shah
<h1>IPL 2015 Opening Ceremony in Bollywood-Style</h1>
KOLKATA: Heavy rain neglected to hose the soul of 'City of Joy' as an astonishing Bollywood-style opening service kick began the eighth version of Indian Premier League (IPL) after an one and a half hour delay at the decked-up Salt Lake stadium on Tuesday.
The occasion was a bit repressed contrasted with the affairs of the past releases yet the cine stars still figured out how to set up a show, captivating the a huge number of soaked fans who were stuck to their seats.
The cheer was noisy for Virat Kohli, louder for Mahendra Singh Dhoni however loudest for their 'extraordinary' Gautam Gambhir.
While Bollywood heartthrob Hrithik Roshan stole the show with his energizing move execution, driving woman Anushka Sharma brought on a considerable measure of panache with her execution.
The flexible Farhan Akhtar and Shahid Kapoor amused the swarm, both performing to their particular numbers from films, for example, Rock On and Kaminey.
Shahid hit an incline marginally and after that slipped on the stage before recuperating rapidly.
Of those from the glitz world, Hrithik was the most looked for after as he spun to his hit numbers from Bang and Dhoom 2.
The eight captains drove by India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni marked the MCC Spirit of Cricket promise to begin IPL 8 formally before Ravi Shastri before they postured for a formal gathering photograph.
Bollywood then brought centrestage with Haider performer Shahid making a passage in a bike to the tunes of neighborhood legend Bappi Lahiri.
"No matter what the festival will proceed with that is the way we cherish our cricket. Presently we have another season separated from storm, summer, winter and spring and that is the season of IPL," the stay of the show, Saif Ali Khan, said in his opening location.
The Omkara star got out the skippers of the eight establishments as any semblance of Shikhar Dhawan, JP Duminy and George Bailey strolled onto the dais.
However it was the trio of Dhoni, Kohli and Gambhir who got the greatest adulation as sparklers lit up the Kolkata sky.
The function started after an one hour and 30 minutes delay with a customary Rabindra Sangeet interpretation of 'Ananda Loke'.
Umbrellas were out in substantial numbers over all the stands and electronic supplies were as a rule immediately secured with downpour getting heavier by the moment.