Doubles homage party for Amitabh BachchanOctober 10th, 2009 Amitabh Bachchan has been invited to a promotional event for his upcoming film Rann by producers Sheetal Talwar and Madhu Mantena at 7 pm today. It is actually an event held to celebrate his forty years in the film industry on the eve of his 67th birthday.
Tabu-Amitabh to walk the rampOctober 6th, 2009 Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla have asked Amitabh Bachchan to be the showstopper for their fashion show on 11th October, which also happens to be Amitabh’s birthday. He will be accompanied by his Cheeni Kum co-star Tabu.
MAX celebrates 40 years of BIG B with blockbuster lineup of filmsSeptember 25th, 2009 “Ab Tak Bachchan” film festival on MAX from 5–17 October 8 pm onwards. This October, MAX celebrates Amitabh Bachchan’s 40 glorious years in Bollywood.
No clash between Big B's 'Teen Patti' and 'Paa'September 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - Director R. Balakrishna's eagerly-awaited role-reversal drama "Paa", which has Amitabh Bachchan in the lead role, has been postponed by a month to avert a clash with the other Big B starrer "Teen Patti".
Big B to be with ailing pal Amar Singh until recoveryAugust 11th, 2009 MUMBAI - Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan is currently in Singapore to stand by his ailing pal Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh. Singh's both kidneys had collapsed and he was admitted to a hospital in Singapore for a transplant.
Little Kiran plays Little AmitabhAugust 8th, 2009 Kiran Shah, a 53 year old actor of Indian origin who has acted in several Hollywood films since the 1970s, has been chosen to play the five-year old Amitabh Bachchan in Paa. In the movie, Amitabh Bachchan plays a character who suffers from Progeria because of which he ages at an alarming rate.
Namak Halaal Amitabh BachchanJuly 23rd, 2009 With Amitabh Bachchan’s celebrated look in the classic ‘Pag Ghunghroo’ from the film Namak Halaal still fresh in our minds, the actor will be seen once again in a similar avatar in Eros International’s ‘Aladin’. Big B will be seen grooving to a peppy number called ‘O Re Sawariya’ in the celebrated White kurta and Pink Pagadi which he once donned for the film Namak Halaal.
Amitabh Bachchan in hospital for 'routine checkup'July 8th, 2009 MUMBAI - Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan went to Lilavati Hospital here Wednesday morning for what was described as "a routine checkup", though in his blog he has complained of a stomach ache. Though the hospital authorities declined to comment, the same old stomach problem that Bachchan, 66, has been suffering from for long may have recurred.
Bollywood director wants do a movie on Indian racist attacks in AustraliaJune 17th, 2009 LONDON - A Bollywood director wants to make a film based on the alleged racist attacks on Indian students in Australia, despite an unofficial boycott of the country by his movie colleagues. "I have a script in my mind and hopefully by the end of the year we will go and shoot the film in Australia," The Telegraph quoted film maker Mohit Suri, as saying yesterday.
IIFA spreads awareness about Bollywood: BachchanJune 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Brand ambassador of International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA), Amitabh Bachchan, said on Tuesday that the aim of the organization while choosing a new location each time was meant to spread the Bollywood awareness across the globe. "The idea really is to be as expansive as possible to reach various parts of the universe and go places which are relatively unheard of as far as Indian cinema is concerned and be able to carry our cinema there," said Amitabh Bachchan in a conference in New Delhi.
Declining Australian honour was emotional decision: AmitabhJune 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan says his decision to turn down an honorary doctorate from an Australian university following racial attacks on Indian students there was driven completely by emotions. "I reacted emotionally.
Racist attacks in Australia a shame, says Aamir KhanJune 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood star Aamir Khan has called the attacks on Indians in Australia "a shame", a couple of days after megastar Amitabh Bachchan turned down the offer of an honorary degree from an Australian university in the wake of the attacks. "(It is) most disturbing to hear about racist attacks on Indians living in Australia.
Big B snubs Australian 'Doctorate' over attacks on Indian studentsMay 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Disappointed over recent 'racial' attacks on Indian students in Australia, Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has declined to accept the honorary Doctorate degree scheduled to be conferred upon him by the University of Queensland. Amitabh has stated in his popular Blog-bigb.bigadda.com-that he is aggrieved by the attacks on Indian students in Australia and hence does not deem it right to accept such an honourary degree, which is to be given to him in July during a function.
Big-B promotes his latest movie 'Rann' in New DelhiMay 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma promoted their forthcoming movie 'Rann' in New Delhi. 'Rann' meaning battle in English is an attempt by Varma to expose Indian media.
I would like to be a journalist: AmitabhMay 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, whose antipathy towards the media is well known, Wednesday said he 'would like to be a journalist'. 'I would like to be a journalist.