Elections after-party at IIFA: Sonam, Parineeti, Dia

While many of their Bollywood colleagues chose to leave early for IIFA weekend, some celebs waited to cast their votes and for the media hoopla to die down before taking a flight to Florida.

Actress Sonam Kapoor was seen leaving for Tampa Bay from Mumbai airport wearing this comfortable yellow floral print dress on April 24.

Actress Parineeti Chopra was also seen leaving for the IIFA festivities in a striped sweatshirt and pair of blue jeans.

Actress Dia Mirza wore a black and white outfit topped by a leather jacket.

Actor Ranveer Singh looked comfortable in a white T-shirt and loose purple pants.

Actor Sonu Sood also left for the IIFA festivities.

Rishi Kapoor, who has two nominations in the negative role category, was seen leaving for Tampa Bay with someone who we had to look twice at before realising it was his wife Neetu Singh, looking half her age (and his!) in jeans, tee and jacket.

Actor Sharman Joshi and wife Prerna Chopra Joshi were seen leaving for IIFA together.

Bombay Velvet director Anurag Kashyap seemed surprised by the attention he received at the airport.

Zanjeer director Apoorva Lakhia was also seen leaving town last night.

Coming Up: IIFA Rush: Kareena, Hrithik, Madhuri

The last set of Bollywood stars who have chosen IIFA over casting their votes left for Tampa Bay from Mumbai airport on the night of April 23.

Actress Kareena Kapoor looked au naturel and wore a black tracksuit as she headed to Florida to join husband Saif Ali Khan and other stars.

Actor Hrithik Roshan navigated Mumbai airport looking none too pleased with the cameras and microphones thrust in his face.

Amidst all this was grinning Gulaab Gang leader Madhuri Dixit who left for IIFA with husband Sriram Nene.

Madhuri lived in the US for many years after she married Dr Nene, so this IIFA season is like taking your maika to your sasural for her.

Boman Irani, who was seen fighting elections in Bhoothnath Returns, wasn't keen on voting in real life as he was also seen leaving for the IIFA festivities.

His son, actor Kayoze Irani, also left with him for Tampa Bay.

Nominee Divya Dutta was all smiles at the departure gate.

Coming up: IIFA-bound: Deepika, Kalki, Yami

The Bollywood exodus to Florida continues with the second batch of celebrities seen at Mumbai airport on April 22, flying out to join the IIFA festivities.
Deepika Padukone, whose only competition for Best Actress is herself, looked all set for the long haul flight halfway across the world.

Nominee Kalki Koechlin was dressed for comfort in black.

Action Jackson star Yami Gautam wore a heart emblazoned jumper.

Malaika Arora Khan, minus husband Arbaaz, was casually chic in a striped jacket.

Actor Riteish Deshmukh, who voted in the previous phase of polling in Maharashtra, proudly displayed the ink on his index finger.

Golmaal prankster Tusshar Kapoor was also at the airport.

Singer-actress Monali Thakur was also seen heading for the event.

Designer Manish Malhotra was seen at the airport.

Actor Arunoday Singh at the airport.

Music director Pritam, who is nominated for best music direction for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani, also headed to Tampa Bay.

Actor Nikhil Dwivedi was also seen at the airport.

Producer Krishan Kumar, whose film Aashiqui 2 has a few nominations at this years awards, was also seen leaving for Tampa Bay.

Coming Up: Off to IIFA: Saif, Sonakshi, Aditi

Bollywood stars are all set for the IIFA awards weekend that will take place in Tampa Bay, Florida. While some stars are already there, others are leaving as we write this.

We caught up with Saif Ali Khan at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai on April 21 as he was leaving to host the technical awards function at the IIFA weekend among other things.

Actress Sonakshi Sinha, who is been vociferously criticised for skipping to vote in favour of IIFA attendance, was also seen leaving for the festivities in an all-black look.

Richa Chadda, who has been nominated for her performance in Ram-leela was also seen at the airport.

Actress Aditi Rao Hydari was also seen leaving for IIFA. But what's with the gloomy look which made it almost difficult to recognize the otherwise cheerful actress.

Actress Shabana Azmi and writer Javed Akhtar were also seen at the airport.

Highway director Imtiaz Ali was also seen making his way to the IIFA festivities.

IIFA nominee for Best Director, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, was seen leaving for the awards with his wife P S Bharathi.

Singer Shankar Mahadevan leaves for IIFA with his wife.

Actor Sahil Khan was also seen at the airport.

Sonakshi waves goodbye to the shutterbugs as she leaves the town for the IIFAs.