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New Delhi, (BollywoodWorld.com) Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he is still awaiting an acknowledgement for an SMS that he sent to Shah Rukh Khan on his birthday over a week ago. “Nov 2 was Shah Rukh’s birthday and I may have been the very early wisher to him, but he still has not acknowledged,” Bachchan posted [...]

New Delhi, (BollywoodWorld.com) Expensive make-up and creative inputs by industry stalwarts notwithstanding, megastar Amitabh Bachchan has managed to produce his much-awaited movie “Paa” within a set budget of Rs.150 million. The movie, about a child suffering from progeria – a rare disease of premature ageing among children, has been produced under Amitabh’s production banner AB Corp. [...]

Mumbai, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has received threat through a text message on his mobile phone for having visited both a temple and a dargah. The sexagenarian, who often mentions his routines on his blog, mentioned his visit to Haji Ali Dargah and the nearby Siddhivinayak temple here Thursday. “That I visit a Muslim dargah and [...]

Mumbai, Selective when it comes to Bollywood assignments, Shiamak Davar got interested in “Aladin” when told by director Sujoy Ghosh that “Genie Rap” was a song designed for kids. Insiders however claimed it wasn’t really an easy track to put in place as the actors – Amitabh Bachchan and Riteish Deshmukh — were wary of [...]

Agra, He has dabbled in acting, production, playback singing and also worked as a television host, but Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has no plans to direct a film. “Direction is a very difficult and classified job, which I feel I am incapable of doing. Since I don’t possess the skills to make a film, I would [...]

Mumbai, Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh is such a huge fan of Amitabh Bachchan that he revisited many of the megastar’s hit films, studied key scenes and dialogues and came up with his own take by presenting them in his forthcoming fantasy adventure “Aladin”. As a tribute, he wanted audiences to get a sneak peak into Amitabh’s past [...]

On his birthday superstar Amitabh Bachchan recited one of his favourite poems written by his father.

New Delhi, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan remembers Gayatri Devi, the ‘rajmata’ of Jaipur, as a “picture of grace and beauty” wrapped in soft chiffons. Amitabh recalls sneaking into the Jaipur Polo Ground when he was a student in Delhi University to not just watch polo matches but also catch a glimpse of Gayatri Devi. “The [...]

Mumbai, Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh has been discharged from the hospital in Singapore, where he was admitted for a kidney transplant, says his close friend, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan. “My friend (Amar Singh) repairs well and repairs well enough to be discharged from hospital to his home. Home not in India, but in Singapore,” [...]

New Delhi, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is on bed rest following a stomach ache, but he is more concerned about the health of his politician friend Amar Singh, thespian Dilip Kumar and Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray and keeping himself updated on them. The megastar went to Lilavati Hospital Wednesday morning after a stomach ache [...]