Megastar Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan has an 'extraordinary meeting' with PV Sindhu on 'KBC'

Sep 282017

India’s star shuttler P.V. Sindhu will be seen on the hot seat of popular game show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ (KBC). Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he had an extraordinary meeting with her. Amitabh, who called it “an honour and a moment of great pride” to be in Sindhu’s company, also shared a few photographs of himself with her on his blog on Thursday.

Amitabh Bachchan hs an 'extraordinary meeting' with PV Sindhu on KBC
Amitabh Bachchan and PV Sindhu. Pic/Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter account

“The icing on the cake would have to be this extraordinary meeting with the World Champion and pride of India,” he wrote beneath a photograph featuring him with Sindhu.

In another image, the “Piku” star can be seen with folded hands.

He wrote: “This is the best that one can do in front of her (Sindhu’s) greatness and her multiple achievements .. God bless you P. V. Sindhu and may you continue to bring greater glory to our nation.”

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Amitabh Bachchan praised cleaners as the true flag bearers of Swacch Bharat Ambassadors

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Sep 212017

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has praised the cleaners of the city here, and called them the true flag bearers of Swachch Bharat ambassadors.

Amitabh, who is a Swachch Bharat Abhiyan ambassador, on Wednesday night took to Twitter, where he shared a photograph of some cleaners. “They be the true bearers of Swachch Bharat ambassadors… the workers that work tirelessly despite inclement weather conditions,” Amitabh captioned the image.

On Wednesday, the Mumbai airport extended closure of all flight operations on the main runway till 2 p.m. as work on towing out a stranded private airlines aircraft continued amidst ongoing heavy rain, low visibility and strong winds, officials had said.

According to India Meteorological Department figures, Mumbai suburbs recorded a whopping 304 mm rainfall till Thursday morning, making it the third highest downpour in a single day since the great Mumbai floods when the city experienced 945 mm rains, followed by 316 mm on August 29 this year.

On the work front, Amitabh, who is currently seen hosting the ninth season of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’, has two films in his kitty — ‘Thugs Of Hindostan’ and ‘102 Not Out’.

Its great to see many women on the set of Thugs Of Hindostan working harder than men: Amitabh Bachchan

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Sep 142017

Big B Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is currently busy with his upcoming film “Thugs Of Hindostan”, says he finds it great to see many women on the set working harder than men.

Amitabh took to his blog to share an update about the film and says that he is delighted to see so many women working on sets.

“The progress on ‘Thugs Of Hindostan’ continues unabated and there is much to be written about, but confidentiality coerces me to preclude you to such observations and so the silence… silence outside, but inside it is a loud and active audience working on the film in various degrees and folds. Nice…shows the strength of pre production,” Big B wrote on his blog.

The 74-year-old cine icon added: “And in particular a great delight to find so many women on set working harder than the men, in a job which one could never have dreamt about in our times.”

“Thugs of Hindostan” also stars Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif and “Dangal” fame Fatima Sana Sheikh. The film is directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya.

An adaptation of the 1839 novel “Confessions of a Thug”, the movie is slated for a 2018 Diwali release.

Big B's 3 'treacherous' days in hotel room post9/11 attack

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Sep 122017

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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has revealed that he was not allowed to board a flight to the US after the September 11 terrorist attacks in the country in 2001.

During that time, he stayed in a hotel room for three “treacherous” days.

“9/11 was most tragic and sad and frightening… I was shooting for ‘Kaante’ in Los Angeles and had taken a couple of days off to travel to Egypt for the International Film Festival in Alexandria, where they were honouring me with a special award,” Amitabh recalled on his blog on Monday on the 16th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

“Ceremony over, the next morning I took a flight out of Cairo, to Los Angeles via London… Arrived in London, Heathrow Airport, and after a short wait was announced to board my flight to Los Angeles via New York City,” he added.

The 74-year-old said when he was about to board the flight he got a call from “very frantic and screaming Shweta (Nanda) from Delhi” who asked him to see TV.

“I did not have time to ask why, and I think it was quite obvious that something important and serious was happening … also immediately there was a sudden commotion in the entire airport … people were moving about rather rapidly in all directions, some with muffled screams and a large portion of them running to the large TV screen at the terminal,” Amitabh said.

He said he saw one plane hitting the World Trade Center on TV.

He added: “Motionless and in shock and stunned silence, people watched the second one go in too and it was a most inexplainable situation .. some had anger written all over them, some were in tears, others were frantically making calls …

“I just stood there for a while stunned and then quietly walked across to my gate to board the flight … boarded, taxied off and then the plane turned back … announcement … all flights to and from US blocked and stopped.”

Amitabh said that he stayed in a hotel for next three days.

“Airline after much to and fro arranged for us to get to a hotel and there we stayed for the next three days until there was clearance to travel,” Amitabh said.

“Those three days at the hotel were treacherous … did not move from the room and only watched TV giving news of the incident and talks and debates and details of what and why and where and how. A sad moment.

“A few years later I on a visit to New York had driven past the site, where preparations were being done to rebuild the spot with a memorial,” he added.

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Amitabh Bachchan reacts to Jaya Bachchan winning the Best Parliamentarian Award

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Jul 202017

Amitabh Bachchan reacts to Jaya Bachchan winning the Best Parliamentarian Award Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says it is a ‘proud’ moment for his family as his wife politician-actress Jaya Bachchan bagged the Best Parliamentarian award.

Amitabh on Wednesday night took to Twitter to share a photograph of Jaya at the Vigyan Bhawan.

“Best Parliamentarian Award to Jaya. A proud moment for all of us in the family,” Amitabh captioned the image.

The 74-year-old cine icon also shared that it was a moment for “great pride” for him

He added: “Jaya gets the Best Parliamentarian Award today. A moment of great pride for us all. our gratitude to them that wish!”

The thespian also took to his blog, where he expressed that his wife proved her worth in the Indian Parliament.

“Quietly and with great dignity Jaya has won the Best Parliamentarian award today and it could not have been a prouder moment for us all in the family. Committed, participatory and with an enviable attendance record, she has proved her worth in the annals of the seat of democracy – the Indian Parliament!” he wrote.

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Big B wants to be journalist in next life!

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Mar 032013

Mumbai, March 2: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan won’t mind being a journalist in his next life – just for the freedom of speech that a scribe enjoys.

“Next life? A journalist for sure! Shall have the joy and liberty to express and speak out, without fear of any repercussions,” tweeted the 70-year-old.

The actor is currently in Bhopal, shooting for Prakash Jha’s “Satyagraha”.

“Prakash Jha shooting film at a speed that is rather astonishing! But best is that he knows what he is doing… most directors do,” he added.