MUMBAI: Versatile Shekhar Suman who has hosted popular talk shows like Movers & Shakers and Simply Shekhar, has been chosen as the host for the Bollywood Awards, scheduled to be held on 3 May 2003.

The Bollywood Movie Awards will honour the outstanding achievements of Indian moviemakers and artists during the year 2002. It will be held at the Taj's 5,500 seat Mark G Etess Arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Previous attendees and performers at the awards include Michael Jackson, Richard Gere, Steven Seagal, Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber, Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, and almost every celebrity from the Indian film industry, states a release.

International stars such as Alabina, from the Middle East and Nirma from Pakistanhave agreed to give onstage performances at the show, the release adds.