‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is wonderful, I’m happy for Rahman: Bachchan

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is wonderful, I’m happy for Rahman: Bachchan

Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan, who had stoked a controversy by slamming ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, Friday said the movie was ‘wonderful’ and expressed happiness that composer A.R. Rahman won three Oscar nominations for his score and songs in the movie.
‘The sound engineer of this wonderful movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, Rasool, an Indian, has also won a nomination along [...]

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Why Amitabh Bachchan kept out of Slumdog?

Why Amitabh Bachchan kept out of Slumdog?

Speculation about Amitabh Bachchan turning down the role of the game-show host in Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire finally comes to an end.
The Big B confirms that the offer never came to him.
Strange, considering he plays a very important part in the plot as the mega-icon of the all the slumdwellers of Boyle’s [...]

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Big B cancels Nepal trip due to Pashupatinath row

Big B cancels Nepal trip due to Pashupatinath row

Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan cancelled his scheduled visit to Nepal this week at the last moment due to the deepening row over the hallowed Pashupatinath temple that has pitted Nepal’s Maoist government against priests and Hindu devotees, said a report Monday.Former Indian defence minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, who was also chief minister of Uttar Pradesh [...]

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Amitabh Bachchan is No 1, says Aamir Khan

Amitabh Bachchan is No 1, says Aamir Khan

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 [...]

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Amitabh’s Pocketmaar Put Off?

Amitabh’s Pocketmaar Put Off?

There has been a lot of talk about Ravi Chopra and Amitabh Bachchan teaming up yet again after Baghbaan and Babul to make a third film called Pocketmaar. It was said to reportedly star Shahid Kapur as well. But now it seems that the film has been put off for a while.
It seems that The [...]

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Big B slept with gun under pillow last night

Big B slept with gun under pillow last night

Amitabh Bachchan has pulled out his revolver many a times on screen. This time he has pulled out the revolver again, but not to shoot anyone on screen but to defend himself and have a safe sleep.
He says, “Last night, as the events of the terror attack unfolded in front of me I did something [...]

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Abhishek-Aishwarya to finally start Mani’s film after Diwali

Abhishek-Aishwarya to finally start Mani’s film after Diwali

Mani Ratnam’s forthcoming film tentatively titled ‘Raavan’ is set to take off after Diwali when Abhishek Bachchan and wife Aishwarya Rai finally start shooting Oct 29.The couple were initially supposed to start shooting Oct 12, a day after father Amitabh Bachchan birthday.
But fate had other plans. Amitabh fell ill on the fateful morning before the [...]

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Amitabh Bachchan now on liquid diet, shows improvement

Amitabh Bachchan now on liquid diet, shows improvement

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s health continues to improve and he has been put on a liquid diet on the fifth day of his hospitalisation following complains of abdominal pain, a spokesperson for Lilavati Hospital said here Wednesday.’Amitabh Bachchan continues to improve in health. He is on a liquid diet. While the doctors are definitely happy with [...]

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Amitabh Bachchan in French project?

Amitabh Bachchan in French project?

Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan, who is in France with wife Jaya, says he might sign a French project, if he is lucky.The superstar has attended several meetings in France and says that from the looks of it ‘there may be consent on the French project’. It will be produced and directed by the makers of [...]

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My best is yet to come: Amitabh Bachchan

My best is yet to come: Amitabh Bachchan

Veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan’s performance in ‘The Last Lear’ has been tagged as his best ever. But he says that his best is yet to be seen.’It would be a terrible day for an artiste if people classify his contribution as his best. That would be the end of his work. There is always an [...]

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Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

The Big Boss of Bollywood is just back from his ‘Unforgettable Tour’ and has immediately donned up his actor uniform to promote his recent release THE LAST LEAR. Sreya Basu caught up with Amitabh Bachchan during the premiere of his film in Kolkata.Q: You are just back from ‘The Unforgetable Tour’. How has the experience [...]

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The Last Lear

The Last Lear

Rituparno Ghosh, one of the finest storytellers from Bengal, chooses Utpal Dutt’s play ‘Aajker Shahjahan’ as the premise for his new endeavour THE LAST LEAR. The plotline [the story of an aging superstar] as also the execution of the subject is the type that holds appeal for a miniscule section of audience.
The problem with THE [...]

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