MUMBAI: The 13th International Indian Film Academy celebrations kickstarted with Bollywood stars like Dia Mirza, Parineeti Chopra, Arbaaz Khan and Arjan Bajwa attending the IIFA voting weekend 2012.

Several members of the Indian film fraternity like filmmakers Ramesh Sippy, David Dhawan, Sujoy Ghosh, Zoya Akhtar, actresses Genelia D?souza, Urmila Matondkar, composer duo Salim-Suleiman, singer Shaan, actors Vivek Oberoi and Sonu Sood came forward to cast their vote for IIFA Awards 2012.

Though there is no official announcement as to where the IIFA awards will take place this year, actor Arjan Bajwa, said, "This year we have it in Singapore after casting his vote."

Sippy said, "In the last 13 years IIFA?s popularity has increased, it helps trade between two countries - India and where the award ceremonies are held. Tourism also goes up."