Check out: Sonakshi Sinha takes over Times Square to begin IIFA 2017 festivities 2017 : Bollywood News

The IIFA 2017 festivities have begun in New York. Sonakshi Sinha is currently in New York for IIFA Awards and already having a great time. On Thursday, Sonakshi Sinha went to New York stock exchange NASDAQ to ring the bell. Not just that, her name and her pictures were put up on the NASDAQ building. She shared a couple of pictures from the visit and captioned them, "What an honour ringing the closing bell at @nasdaq! A first of its kind experience as we kicked off the @iifa festivities in #newyorkcity today... always a pleasure!"

Check out: Sonakshi Sinha takes over Times Square to begin IIFA 2017 festivities

Before this, only Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol are the only Bollywood actors before Sonakshi to have got the opportunity.

On the film front, Sonakshi Sinha recently finished her stint as a judge on dance reality show, Nach Baliye. She will be seen in the remake of Yash Chopra’s 1979 film, Ittefaq. It is being directed by Abhay Chopra and stars Sidharth Malhotra in the lead. It is scheduled to release on November 3, 2017.