Pics: Anu, HR, Shahid, Saif, Farhan @ IPL 2015 Inauguration **Pg2,4 - Page 7

Who watches this opening ceremonies, I don't, they have always been crap... Get on with the matches.

Hrithik's dance performance was really good too. Seems like he's the only one who made an effort.

opening ceremony was yawn
saif's hosting 👎🏼
hrithik 's performance was good but he was looking too bad 🥱

I'm so surprised Saif's hosting was a letdown.

It was so boring that I can't even 🥱

The energy was missing, bad songs, low volume. Last year was much better. Farhaan was the most pakao...who called him for a live performance? 😕

Hrithik was the lone saving grace though he didnt look his usual gorgeous self

Saif looked good after long but his hosting was horrible

Futile to even comment about the rest,...huge let down!

Can someone who watched it explain what exactly went wrong with Saif's hosting?

Originally posted by: desigal90

Can someone who watched it explain what exactly went wrong with Saif's hosting?

From the parts I saw,he looked kinda distracted..not his spontaneous and witty self..like an artificial recitation of lines

There was Hrithik Roshan. There was Anushka Sharma. There was Shahid Kapoor riding a bike.

Those expecting the opening ceremony of the eighth edition of the Indian Premier League in Kolkata to be a bang-up show, however, were mostly left disappointed.

#IPLOpeningCeremony was the top trend on Twitter all evening yesterday and has generated more than 30,000 tweets at the time of writing this.

However, social media didn't much of the celebrities and their performances. All through the one and a half hour event, people complained about how boring the show was.

This year's #IPLOpeningCeremony was more boring than Black, Saanwariya and Paa put together.

- Roflindian 2.0 (@Roflindian) April 7, 2015

Pic1 : Before watching #IPLOpeningCeremony Pic2 : After watching#IPLOpeningCeremonypic.twitter.com/xIV07GtMQd

- Sachinn Sachinn (@cricketsagar) April 7, 2015

The #IPLOpeningCeremony was so bad that people who did not watch it also got bored.

- Psycho (@i_Psycho) April 7, 2015

Here's a look at what social media loved and hated about the IPL opening ceremony:

Anushka Sharma's Bad Performance? Blame it On Virat Kohli!

When Anushka Sharma took to the stage to perform numbers from PK and Jab Tak Hain Jaan, the cameras panned to show a smiling Virat Kohli, and fans started cheering-'Kohli! Kohli'.

The PK star thanked the 'wonderful' crowd on Twitter:

Fab night & What a wonderful crowd you've been Kolkata!!Thank U for d amazing love showered & stickin it out in d rain #IPLOpeningCeremony

- MEERA (@AnushkaSharma) April 7, 2015

Twitter, however, was less complimentary about her and were quick to blame her boyfriend Virat, just as Anushka was trolled for Virat's role in India's World Cup defeat:

It's payback time. People can blame Virat Kohli's presence at the stadium for Anushka's bad performance.#IPLOpeningCeremony

- Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) April 7, 2015

Anushka's performance on stage was poor. Blame it on Virat's presence. #IPLOpeningCeremony

- sn J (@oothikicha) April 7, 2015

And they too have cut to a shot of Virat Kohli. Now if you didn't like Anushka's performance, you know who's at fault.#IPLOpeningCeremony

- Pratim D. Gupta (@PratimDGupta) April 7, 2015

Shahid Kapoor's Oops! Moment

Shahid Kapoor scored full marks on social media for his 'stage-breaking' performance.

As he rode into Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium astride a motorbike, disaster struck. Shahid nearly fell off his bike which hit the stage but recovered like a pro and went to dance to Saree Ka Fall like a boss.

Banged the bike broke the stage . Felt the love . Amaze.pic.twitter.com/PUe7777QhK

- Shahid Kapoor (@shahidkapoor) April 7, 2015

Social media performed a slow clap:

Anyone else notice Shahid Kapoor bang his bike and a minute later slip on stage? Respect for playing it cool though! #IPLOpeningCeremony

- Raaj Sanghvi (@RaajSanghvi) April 7, 2015

When Saif Ali Khan Forgot His Lines

Saif Ali Khan as host left the crowd cold. He fumbled and forgot his lines and Twitter instantly branded it the actor's worst performance.

Kareena : Saif, do you think #IPLOpeningCeremonypresentation was your worst performance? Saif : Haan, Bade araam se !

- Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) April 7, 2015

The IPL opening ceremony was sloppy. The audio was terrible. Saif didn't have any flow as MC. Thank God for@iHrithik and @FarOutAkhtar

- Anand Chulani (@AnandChulani) April 8, 2015

Its WORST opening ceremony in #IPL history Uninformed Captains, Various Bloopers, Lame Duck Performance, Un-Saif Host, Feeling Cheated Crowd

- VRG (@VRG678) April 7, 2015

Not content with simply dissing Saif's performance, Twitter started complaining about the absence of Shah Rukh Khan.

It's the time when you see people like Saif Ali Khan host an event and realize why Shahrukh Khan is king of hosting.

- Yo Yo LOLendra Singh (@LOLendraSingh) April 7, 2015

Seriously, Today it was pretty evident SRK alone is Better entertainer and Performer then whole of Bollywood.#IPLOpeningCeremony

- NK (@EnkArsenal) April 7, 2015

Shahid Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan together could not make up for Shah Rukh Khan's absence at IPL 2015 opening ceremony! #IPLOpeningCeremony

- Prashant K (@theRedSlayer) April 8, 2015

Did Farhan Akhtar Rock On? Nope, Twitter Wants to Un-Hear Him

Navjot Singh Sidhu compared Farhan Akhtar to iconic singers like Mohammad Rafi and Kishore Kumar but social media didn't agree.

Altaf Raja's voice evokes pain in the heart. #FarhanAkhtar 's voice does the same to your ear drums#IPLOpeningCeremony

- Himachali Tweeter (@TweetsFromHP) April 7, 2015

#FarhanAkhtar that was harsh even for my ears.#PepsiIPL2015

- sonia kundra singh (@soniakundrsingh) April 7, 2015

Thank God For Hrithik Roshan

There was redemption for Bollywood in the form of Hrithik Roshan.

So electrifying was the actor's dance routine that Twitter forgot about how 'boring' the #IPLOpeningCeremony was and switched to discussing #HrithikIPLPerformance, the new trending hashtag.

The actor got the loudest cheer, both at the stadium and on social media.

The organisers should have just made #HrithikRoshanperform for two hrs. #IPLOpeningCeremony

- Deepa (@DeepNat115) April 7, 2015

#HrithikRoshan gets the loudest applause and cheers from the crowd! The guy is gifted. Undoubtedly.

- Stefan (@Stefan_A5) April 7, 2015

#IPLOpeningCeremony best performer is#HrithikIPLPerformance

- Sarvesh Vikram Singh (@svsraj) April 8, 2015

Boring #IPLOpeningCeremony bt super refreshing n energetic performance by @iHrithik#HrithikIPLPerformancejst watched it on @hotstartweets

- Rozelle Laha (@rozelle_l) April 7, 2015

http://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/twitters-verdict-on-ipl-opening-most-boring-show-ever-but-for-hrithik-753222

Is Virat trying to ape Dhawan? The moustache. 😕