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Arjun Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha, Anil Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan during a press conference for the announcement of IIFA 2015 in Mumbai on Thursday, May 28, 2015 Image Credit: PTI

Dabangg actress Sonakshi Sinha, who will soon be seen judging the contestants of Indian Idol Junior on Sony Television, will sing live at the 16th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards. The three-day gala will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia next month.

Hosted by actors Ayushmann Khurrana and Parineeti Chopra, IIFA Rocks, an exclusive music extravaganza, will see a host of musical performances by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Mika, Ankit Tiwari, Kanika Kapoor, Javed Ali and the Nooran sisters.

Sinha will also exercise her vocal chords at IIFA Rocks on June 5.

“There will be some exciting first-ever at the IIFA Weekend and Awards. Sonakshi Sinha is going to take the stage as a singer at IIFA Rocks,” Sabbas Joseph, director, Wizcraft International Entertainment, the organisers of IIFA, told IANS.

Actresses Jacqueline Fernandez, Aditi Rao Hydari, Lisa Haydon and Lauren Gottlieb will also perform at IIFA Rocks.

Joseph shared that Sinha will perform on the awards night June 7 as well.

“On the awards night, we will see performances by Hrithik Roshan, Anushka Sharma, Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Parineeti Chopra, Shraddha Kapoor, Sonakshi and Shahid Kapoor. It will be larger than life, big and spectacular,” he said.

Established in 2000, the IIFA was initiated with the aim of celebrating Indian cinema across the world.