Mr. Bachchan approached Sanjay Dutt for 'Aladin': directorOctober 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Director Sujoy Ghosh says that it was Amitabh Bachchan who approached Sanjay Dutt to play Ringmaster in Aladin. After I narrated 'Aladin' to Mr.
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".
Bigg Boss gets bigger with Big BSeptember 4th, 2009 Yes you have heard it right. Bigg Boss season 3 is all set to return back with some new house mates but the biggest twist in the show is of signing Amitabh Bachchan as a pop philosopher in the show.
I was inadequate for politics, says Amitabh BachchanAugust 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who was an MP for a brief period in the 1980s, says he discontinued his association with politics because he felt he was inadequate for the job. "Many ask me why I joined politics and then why I left it.
I left politics as I was 'inadequate' for the job: AmitabhAugust 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan, who was a Lok Sabha MP in 1984-87, says he quit politics because he felt he was inadequate for the job. "Many ask me why I joined politics and why I left it.
Bees Saal Baad Big B is singing the same old tune!August 22nd, 2009 Sujoy Ghosh has incorporated a folk song, O Re Saawariya, into his latest film, Aladin. The song is featured on Amitabh Bachchan.
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.
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.
Amitabh Bachchan shuns Australia honourJune 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has turned down an honorary doctorate from an Australian university to protest a recent spate of attacks on Indian students studying there. Bachchan said he could not bring himself to go for celebration in a country, which has witnessed horrific acts against his own countrymen.
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.