IPL fever grips Big B at 8:24 PM

IPL fever grips Big B

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan cheered up Preity Zinta's Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab by giving a short TV bite on her behest.

"Preity had called last evening for a request - her IPL team was hugely depressed and she was wondering if I could do a small TV bite to cheer them up. I did that and I hope it makes them happy," Amitabh posted on his blog.

The two actors featured together in films like Veer-Zaara, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna and The Last Lear.

The second season of the IPL is starting April 18 in South Africa.

Commenting on the upcoming Twenty20 series, Amitabh wrote: "Cricket has become so big and important. And the T20 series, now shifted to South Africa due to security concerns and concerns of its reflection on the elections, is a sheer delight."

Amitabh Bachchan at 5:51 AM

Amitabh Bachchan : Biography
Amitabh Bachchan still strike the gold at the box office with the success of Baghban the senior superstar has made a statement against ageism in the industry. In 2003 he lined up more projects, more varied roles, more endorsements than any other younger actors. He lined up with Khakee, Aetbaar and Lakshya. As more successful he gets more self deprecating he is becomes. He likes to knock his acting, downplay his formidable connections. But his influence inside and outside the industry grows. The aura for him gets bigger. At the age of 61 when youngsters do one movie at a time he zips from one set to another. He takes risks whether it is sporting over the Top Wigs, freaking out in Funky Videos or playing the Dour Patriarch and all too stylish. Amitabh Bachchan is in popular parlance, the king of Indian cinema was born on October 11, 1942 in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India . Son of well known poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Teji Bachchan. He went to Sherwood College, a boarding school in the hill-station town of Nainital, and from there to Delhi University where he earned a double MA degree. He was a former stage actor, radio announcer and freight company executive in Calcutta, India.When he was just trying to get a break in movies he was told to soften his 'deep' voice. However it was soon realised that his deep rich voice was excellent for narration. He has provided narrations for several films.Married to Jaya Bhaduri, a well known actress, he has two kids, Shweta and Abhishek. His first movie was Saat Hindustani (1969). He came to be known as 'The Angry Young Man' after his film Zanjeer (1973), which made him a superstar. He also ran for seat in the Congress from his hometown but had to leave midterm because of controversies. While shooting for Coolie (1983) he received a near fatal injury. He was hospitalised and the Indian press issued daily bulletins on his health. He is highest paid Bollywood actor in the film industry. Amitabh had a very close association with the former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv Gandhi (also Prime Minister) and he was elected to parliament with a huge majority from his home town of Allahabad. But in politics he did not last long and was implicated in the infamous Swedish Bofors Gun deal scandal along with Rajiv Gandhi and others. He launched a multi-faceted commercial enterprise known simply as Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited, or ABCL. ABCL is engaged in production, distribution and all other aspects of the movie industry. He was considered finished in the late nineties after super star status for 20 years a string of flops and failed political and business ambitions. He faced major health problems and financial crisis. But his unexpected comeback as host of the popular TV quiz series 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire which put him right back on the number one spot of Bollywood actors over 40 reaffirming his reputation as the living legend of Indian cinema with a new series of high profile films Mohabbatein (2000), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001) etc. He is announced as an actor of the Millennium in a BBC News Poll ahead of such luminaries as Charlie Chaplin, Sir Lawrence Olivier, and Marlon Brando. He is the first Asian actor having a wax model of his likeness displayed at Madame Tussaud's in London. One of his film Boom made lot of people unhappy. All are shocked what he had done, it was not the right decision to select that film people believed. And he felt sorry for the people who were upset from his appearance in the film. But he said the character he played in it is repulsive. And he is doing that only which going to be not liked by people. In that regard he feel a sense of achievements. Mostly the other stars are keen to work with Amitabh, but he is one who desire to work with Tabu for many years but no one is taking it seriously. Let see when he gets the opportunity to work with her. Amitabh Bachchan's forthcoming film will be Bunty Walia's Just panjabi which is being directed by Apoorva Lakhia. Other co stars Sanjay Dutt and Lara Dutt. Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Black. And his AB Corp's vehicle which he is relaunching with Abhishek Ranveer.


Amitabh Bachchan: Movies
Family - Ties Of Blood ( Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Aryeman, Bhumika Chawla), Ek Ajnabee ( Amitabh Bachchan, Perizaad Zorabian, Vikram Chatwal), Dil Jo Bhi Kahey ( Karan Sharma, Amitabh Bachchan, Revathy, Annabelle Wallace, Bhumika Chawla), Viruddh ( Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore, John Abraham, Anusha Dandekar), Sarkar ( Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Kay Kay, Katrina Kaif), Paheli ( Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Juhi Chawla, Amitabh Bachchan, Sunil Shetty, Anupam Kher), Bunty Aur Babli ( Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee, Amitabh Bachchan), Waqt ? A Race Against Time ( Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra), Black ( Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee), Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyo ( Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, Divya Khosla), Kyon, Ho Gaya Na ( Aishwarya Rai, Vivek Oberoi, Amitabh Bachchan), Lakshya ( Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan), Deewar ( Amitabh Bachchan, Akshaye Khanna, Amrita Rao, Sanjay Dutt), Dev ( Amitabh Bachchan, Om Puri, Amrish Puri, Fardeen Khan, Kareena Kapoor), Hum Kaun Hai ( Amitabh Bachchan, Dimple Kapadia, Mausami Chatterji, Dharmendra), Aitbaar ( Amitabh Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, John Abraham), Khakee ( Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, Akshay Kumar, Tusshar Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai), Baghban ( Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Salman Khan), Boom ( Amitabh Bachchan, Jackie Shroff, Katrina Kaif, Padma Lakshmi, Madhu Sapre, Gulshan Grover), Armaan ( Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Gracy Singh, Preity Zinta), Agni Varsha ( Jackie Shroff, Raveena Tandon, Amitabh Bachchan), Kaante ( Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Lucky Ali), Aankhen ( Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal, Sushmita Sen, Paresh Rawal), Hum Kisise Kum Nahin ( Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan, Aishwarya Rai), Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham ( Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Kajol, Kareena Kapoor), Amar Akbar Anthony ( Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor, Parveen Babi, Shabana Azmi, Neetu Singh, Pran), Kabhie Kabhie ( Amitabh Bachchan, Simi Garewal, Shashi Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh), Don ( Zeenat Aman, Amitabh Bachchan, Pran), Deewar ( Amitabh Bachchan, Parveen Babi, Shashi Kapoor, Neetu Singh), Anand ( Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan), Sholay ( Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Amjad Khan, Hema Malini, Jaya Bachchan), Aks ( Amitabh Bachchan, Manoj Bajpai, Nandita Das, Raveena Tandon), Ek Rishta ( Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Juhi Chawla, Karisma Kapoor), Mohabbatein ( Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Uday Chopra, Jugal Hansraj, Jimmy Shergill, Shamita Shetty, Kim Sharma, Preeti Jhangiani, Aishwarya Rai), Lawaaris ( Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Amjad Khan), Mrityudaata ( Amitabh Bachchan, Karisma Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia), Sooryavansham ( Amitabh Bachchan, Soundarya, Anupam Kher, Kader Khan), Kohram ( Amitabh Bachchan, Nana Patekar, Danny Denzongpa, Jackie Shroff, Tabu), Hindustan Ki Kasam ( Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgan, Manisha Koirala, Sushmita Sen).

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Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya receive Padma Shri from President of India at 10:31 PM

Tuesday 31st of March 2009 is a day Akshay Kumar and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan won't forget for the rest of their lives. After all, it's the day when the 'Khiladi' of Bollywood and the former Miss World received the highest civilian honour- Padma Shri from the President of India- Smt.Pratibha Patil

While Akki looked dapper in a formal black suit, Ash was her dazzling best in a rose coloured saree. The event which took place in the capital also had Aishwarya's hubby dearest Abhishek Bachchan in attendance. It surely must have been a proud moment for AB Jr. to see his better half being bestowed with the top civilian honour. As for Akki, this is one honour which he would cherish for the rest of his life.

Interestingly, the two Padma Shri recipients Akki and Ash will be seen together in Vipul Shah's film Action Replay.

First look of Aladin at 4:46 AM

Check out the poster of flick Aladin starring Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Riteish Deshmukh. You like?

Big B and King Khan to share screen space soon at 4:58 PM

 Director Vivek Sharma debuted well as a director with ‘Bhoothnath’, and is now using his above-average start to put his career in full-steam mode. The movie boasted special presence of Bollywood titans Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan. He is using the awesome combination again for his upcoming ‘Buddham Sharanam Gachchami’.

When only one of them is enough to saturate the screen space with their presence, the idea of both together sparks enormous interest. ‘Bhoothnath’ won big time at the BO, and Vivek’s production house ‘Film Zone Productions’ is targeting even handsome returns this time.

Vivek plans to start two projects by the end of this year. 

“My first film is titled Buddham Sharanam Ghachchami and it is a very violent film. I am planning to have big stars in the film. My next script needs to have both the superstars. I have narrated the subject to Amitabh Bachchan, I have yet to narrate it to Shah Rukh. I am keeping my fingers crossed that he will agree to do my project,” Vivek revealed to a news daily.

‘Kal Kisne Dekha’, another flick in Vivek’s kitty, has been shot at various locales in South Africa and New Zealand. It stars debutants Jackky Bhagnani and Vaishali Desai, who is filmmaker Manmohan Desai’s grand daughter.

“The film is all about a young boy who can see the future. He has supernatural powers. I had signed the film before Bhoothnath but when Ravi Chopra approached me with Bhoothnath, I could not hold back. I was keen to work with Amjitji and Shah Rukh whom I consider my local guardian,” Vivek explained.

Talking of more projects, he said, “Well I am doing Ashtavinayak’s ‘Dil Can Fly Idhar Udhar’, a romantic comedy. We have still not zeroed in on the star cast.”

Why am I still getting Mr. Bachchan's rejects, asks Naseeruddin Shah at 7:32 AM

Mumbai, Naseeruddin Shah, one of the finest actors in filmdom, has a major career problem - he says he is being offered the films that are rejected by Amitabh Bachchan.

This embarrassing state of affairs just after having delivered a hit like "A Wednesday" at the box office is quite intolerable to Naseer whose follow-up to "A Wednesday" is Jagmohan Mundra's "Shoot On Sight", a film which was first offered to Amitabh.

"There's no change at all. I'm still being offered films turned down by Mr. Bachchan. In fact, I'm surprised that 'A Wednesday' proved a survivor. I thought it'd get killed," Naseer told IANS.

After that Paresh Rawal's "Maharathi" too was offered to Amitabh first. When he refused to play the role, Naseer was roped in to do it.

But isn't Naseer being slightly cynical in his opinion that all the offers coming his way first go to the Big B?

"It doesn't take too much imagination to know whom a role is written for when the character being offered to me is described as 'a towering personality with a baritone'," he said.

Naseer even gets offers for characters with physical attributes defined by the Big B's personality.

"One script actually said 'with a neat white goatee'. Can it get any clearer? I can show you the scripts. And these scripts don't even bother to disguise whom they really want for the part. They feel I should be 'honoured' to be getting these roles!"

It isn't as if Naseer is resentful. But he is well within his rights to wonder why he has not been able to stake a claim to an individual and unique position in the film industry after 30 years of superlative performances.

In fact, the Big B recently said he wished to share screen space with Naseer, an eventuality that hasn't occurred after so many years in the industry and careers that started at about the same time.

"While I am getting all these rejects of Mr Bachchan, there's one role that I rejected and he eventually accepted. It's Kaizad Gustad's 'Boom'."

Ask Naseer why he rejected that one. "It stank," comes the prompt and straight reply.

Tehran Film Festival to honour Amitabh Bachchan at 7:26 AM

New Delhi, Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan has been invited by the Tehran Film Festival to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. However, the actor is not sure he would be able to attend the event.

“The Film Festival in Tehran invites me to honour me with a Lifetime Achievement (Award). I wonder if it will be possible for me to go there. I have another decoration in Davos at the (World) Economic Forum that I have accepted around the same time,” Amitabh wrote on his blog www.bigb.bigadda.com.

The actor will also be flying to Paris for the Salon du Cinema next month where some of his films, including “Sholay”, “Black”, “Sarkar Raj” and “The Last Lear”, will be on screened

Amitabh Bachchan is No 1, says Aamir Khan at 6:37 AM

New Delhi, Amid the war of words between the three Khans - Aamir, Shah Rukh and Salman - the "Ghajini" star Aamir has declared that it is none other than superstar Amitabh Bachchan who is still the number one in Bollywood.

"For me Amitabh Bachchan is No 1. Do Lata Mangeshkar, Sachin Tendulkar and Amitabh Bachchan say they are number one? No one who sits on the top needs to say he is number one. Others keep claiming to be there," said Aamir.

Recently, Shah Rukh sparked a controversy by proclaiming himself the biggest brand and saying there cannot be any competition with him.

Commenting on that Aamir said: "I don't believe in competitions with others. I only compete with myself."

After a phase of cold war with his contemporary Shah Rukh, Aamir says he can't dare to fight with him.

"Do you think I could dare to fight with Shah Rukh. He is a good friend and so I can't fight with him. I respect him a lot," said Aamir, who was in capital over the weekend to promote his forthcoming film "Ghajini".

The actor, who was is town giving his fans the “Ghajini” cut at an event, was in a jovial mood but tried his best to avoid queries about his cold war with Shah Rukh.

He joked that by turning into a barber for a day, he was even promoting Shah Rukh's next venture “Billo Barber”. 

His antics did not just end at that.

Aamir's forthcoming ventures is titled “Three Idiots” and the actor said the title should be rightfully given to the three Khans of Bollywood - including himself, Shah Rukh and Salman.

“My forthcoming film after 'Ghajini' is Rajkumar Hirani's 'Three Idiots' and I play the character of an idiot with R. Madhavan and Sharman Joshi. But I think Shah Rukh, Salman and I are truly the three idiots of Bollywood,” Aamir said.

He also cast a dig at Salman when he asked the crowd whether they want him to flaunt his body that he has toned up especially for “Ghajini”.

"Who wants to see my eight packs?" he asked. But when there was a loud “Yes, we want to” from the audience, Aamir said: "Only Salman can show his packs. I can't do it. It's not my cup of tea.

Bachchans' Unforgettable to tour India at 3:25 PM

Mumbai, After wowing north American and European audiences, the Bachchan family will go on stage in India with their 'Unforgettable' tour.

Confirms Amitabh Bachchan, "We're working on it. The details are yet to be worked out. Wizcraft is handling the project."

The show's first lap will cover the four metros Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi and Kolkata, followed by other large cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad, sources said.

Sabbas Joseph, director Wizcraft, told IANS: "We're in the process of working out the nitty-gritty of the Indian shows. One thing is for sure. We won't restrict the Unforgettable concerts to the four metros. They'll go to the smaller towns, depending on the feasibility, security bandobast etc. But after the response we saw to the Bachchans abroad we wouldn't like to keep our own country-men deprived of the experience."

Every effort is being made to ensure the concerts go to as many cities in India as possible. 

"But in a phased manner," warns Sabbas. "We would have a few Indian concerts at a time to avoid excessive pressure on the time of the Bachchans and the star-performers."

The good news is that the concerts will feature exactly the same star lineup in India as abroad, meaning the Big B, Abhishek, Aishwarya and Preity Zinta-Riteish Deshmukh.

Reasons Sabbas, "Why should it be any other way? We at Wizcraft don't believe in two levels of quality, national and international. More details on the national Unforgettables will emerge. At the moment we're putting together the fourth season of the dance reality-show 'Nach Baliye'."

Sabbas Joseph promises big changes and big plans. "Naturally with so many 'Nach Baliye' spinoffs on television we've to make sure that the fourth season is bigger, more lavish and eye-catching and with a far more enticing lineup of dancing couples than before. The contestants are unusually-paired and the judges Karisma Kapoor, Arjun Rampal and Farah Khan have been chosen not only for their glamour quotient but also for their compatibility. 

"We wanted to make the fourth season of 'Nach Baliye' different. I think viewers are tired of seeing the same contestants and judges in different permutations on all the dance-based reality shows."