▁I ST , ▁however ▁the ▁gates ▁were ▁opened ▁at ▁ 1 7 : 0 0 ▁I ST . ▁A ▁huge ▁cut ▁out ▁poster ▁of ▁Sal man ▁Khan ▁was ▁kept ▁at ▁the ▁Y M CA ▁ground ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁ceremony . ▁The ▁ceremony ▁was ▁hosted ▁by ▁Am it ab h ▁Bach chan ▁who ▁had ▁under g one ▁two ▁ab dom inal ▁sur ger ies ▁in ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁Ear lier ▁he ▁had ▁convey ed ▁a ▁message ▁via ▁Twitter ▁saying , ▁" A pril ▁ 3 rd ▁is ▁the ▁day ▁for ▁the ▁opening . ▁Pre par ing ▁for ▁it ▁already . ▁Getting ▁back ▁into ▁the ▁gr ind ." ▁Media ▁reports ▁suggested ▁that ▁Bach chan ▁will ▁be ▁dan cing , ▁however ▁Joseph ▁said ▁that ▁this ▁is ▁unlikely ▁to ▁happen . ▁He ▁began ▁the ▁ceremony ▁by ▁rec iting ▁a ▁poem , ▁" If ▁I ▁were ▁to ▁be ▁born ▁again " ▁by ▁Pr as oon ▁Jos hi . ▁Later , ▁the ▁Col onial ▁C ous ins , ▁along ▁with ▁South ▁African ▁band ▁First ▁Project ▁and ▁DJ ▁R avi ▁Dr ums , ▁performed ▁in ▁the ▁ceremony . ▁It ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁Pri y anka ▁Ch op ra ▁performing ▁with ▁cr ick eters ▁like ▁Har b h aj an ▁Singh ▁on ▁various ▁songs ▁from ▁her ▁films . ▁P rab hu ▁De va ▁also ▁performed ▁on ▁songs ▁from ▁his ▁films ▁such ▁as ▁W anted ▁and ▁Hum ▁Se ▁H ai ▁Mu q ab lah . ▁ ▁After ▁that , ▁few ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Chen na i ▁Super ▁Kings