Tag: Amitabh Bachchan

Mumbai: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is bringing back the reality TV game show “Kaun Banega Crorepati” (KBC), says its enactment needs great attention. With the recordings of the show starting in “not too distant future”, Amitabh gave a glimpse of the workings of the show via his blog on Saturday. “Getting down to the basics […]

Los Angeles: Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone, apart from directors like Mrinal Sen, Buddhadeb Dasgupta and Goutam Ghose are among the Indians invited to be a part of the Oscar Academy’s ‘Class of 2017’. The announcement was made on Wednesday. “We’re proud to invite our newest class […]

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and veteran actor Rishi Kapoor-starrer “102 Not Out”, directed by Umesh Shukla, will release on December 1 and will be clashing with Vidya Balan-starrer “Tumhari Sulu”. The film features Amitabh as a 102-year-old and Rishi as his 75-year-old son. The makers aim to wrap up the shoot by July, read a […]

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who regularly greets his fans on every Sunday outside his house, was joined by his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and granddaughter Aaradhya Bachchan this time. He says the little one was “reluctant” about the experience. Amitabh shared a few photographs of Aaradhya during the fan meet on his official blog on […]

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says when Mahendra Singh Dhoni visited him on the set of 2003 film “Baghban”, the whole cast and crew, including him, was in awe of the former India skipper. Amitabh, who promoted his new film “Sarkar 3” on “IPL Extra Innings”, got nostalgic about the sport on his blog and recalled […]

Mumbai: Bollywood’s evergreen ‘Angry Young Man’ Amitabh Bachchan says he portrays an ‘angrier’ version in the forthcoming film “Sarkar 3”. The 74-year-old thespian took to Twitter on Wednesday night and shared a few looks of himself from the Ram Gopal Varma directorial. “‘Zanjeer’, they said is the ‘angry young man’… Strange, on its 44 years […]

New Delhi: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who shot for a cameo in the upcoming Akshay Kumar and Sonam Kapoor-starrer “Padman”, says he will appear as himself in the movie. Amitabh shot for the R. Balki directorial at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Delhi on Saturday. “R. Balki shoots a film with Akshay Kumar and […]

Mumbai: Bollywood actors including Amitabh Bachchan, Anushka Sharma and Sonakshi Sinha on Monday sent Holi wishes to their fans, urging them to enjoy a safe and happy festival of colours. Some celebrities even urged their fans to avoid throwing Holi colours on animals. They took to Twitter to reach out to their loved ones. Here’s what […]

Mumbai: Alia Bhatt won Best Actress Award for “Udta Punjab” and Amitabh Bachchan won Best Male Actor award for his performance in “Pink” while Kareena Kapoor Khan gave first performance post motherhood at the Zee Cine Awards 2017 here in Mumbai. Other superstars like Salman Khan, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt on Saturday spellbounded the audience […]

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and superstar Aamir Khan’s “Thugs of Hindostan” has collected Rs 52.25 crore (nett) on the first day of its release. The Yash Raj Films project, directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya, made Rs 50.75 (Hindi version) and 1.50 crore coming from Tamil and Telugu dubbed versions. “‘Thugs of Hindostan’ is the quintessential […]

Mumbai: Aamir Khan’s big release this year – “Thugs of Hindostan” – is nearing completion as the superstar says the last leg of shooting remains, which will be wrapped up in Rajasthan by the end of next month. Produced by Yash Raj Films, the Vijay Krishna Acharya film brings together Aamir and megastar Amitabh Bachchan […]

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has threatened to quit Twitter, accusing the micro-blogging website of reducing his followers. The fan following of Big B has quickly dropped from 33 million to 32.9 million. Amitabh, who shares Twitter ranking with superstar Shah Rukh Khan (32.9 million followers), tweeted late on Wednesday: “Twitter! You reduced my number of […]

He may have the most unmistakable voice in India but Amitabh Bachchan, whose baritone will play a crucial role in his upcoming film 'Shamitabh', says he has a very normal voice and there is nothing special about it

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was rejected as a voiceover for `Lagaan` by Ashutosh Gowariker because the director felt that Big B`s voice was too familiar to transport the audience to the 1893 where the film was set. This was revealed by actor-producer Aamir Khan last night at a party to celebrate 10 years of `Lagaan`.

Koraput: Odisha’s N Ravi Kumar, who recently made it to the hot seat of Sony TV’s popular quiz show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati 10’ and managed to win a hefty sum of Rs 25 lakh, termed his experience in the quiz show as a dream come true. After reaching his home in Koraput, Ravi Kumar, in […]