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Amitabh Bachchan expressed his feelings on his blog on daughter-in-law Aishwarya’s felicitation with the Padmashree Award.

“Aishwarya’s Padma decoration is the fifth in the family. My father received Padmabhushan, myself with (two) Padmashri and Padmabhushan and Jaya was receipient of Padmashri. Five Padma awardees in one family. God is generous and kind,” Bachchan wrote in his blog.

We hope Abhi gets the sixth one… sooner or later!

“Amitabh Bachchan will be attending the World Economic Forum in Davos attended by 2500 of the world’s leading figures from politics, economics and business – including forty-one Heads of State.

Amitabh will be presented with the Crystal Award at the Forum for his contribution to improving the state of the world. Amitabh has been prominent in the Light a Billion Lives campaign, which aims to bring solar power to the impoverished of the world as a source of sustainable light and energy,” reports a source.

“The Economic Forum itself will focus on the causes of the debt bubble in the US from 2000-2006 which led to the current economic recession – and the role of banks within a socially responsible economic system,” the source adds.

Good going Mr.Bachchan!

Its East meets West as India’s star of the millennium Amitabh Bachchan is all set to share screen space with the most iconic actor of Hollywood Robert Di Niro. They are going to work together on a film directed by Paul Schrader.

A source reports, “The Hollywood director had made a secret trip to Mumbai a couple of months back for location hunting. The person who was assisting him throughout the trip was director Anubhav Sinha, who was instrumental in bringing the director to Mumbai and will be collaborating with Schrader on the project. The film will be shot extensively in New York, Mumbai and Dubai.”

“Yes, we are working on a big project that will involve A-list stars from both Hollywood and Bollywood. But I won’t be able to reveal details right away,” confirms Anubhav.

“Amitabh Bachchan, on the other hand, has confirmed that Paul Schrader has already had a preliminary discussion about the film when he was in Paris at that time.

Sources say that Bachchan has okayed the project and all actors, including Robert De Niro, will be given a bound script of the film by March next year. All the actors are expected to sign on the dotted line by that time and shooting will begin from April 2009,” adds the source.

This surely seems to a be a movie to watch out!

Amitabh Bachchan like all Mumbaikars has been glued to the TV watching the ghastly acts of terrorism unfold one by one and praying that this nightmare gets over as soon as possible. He was so terrorized that for the first time in his entire life he had to sleep with a loaded gun for safety.

He wrote on his blog,

“As the events of the terrorist attack unfolded in front of me, I did something for the first time and one that I had hoped never ever to be in a situation to do. Before retiring for the night, I pulled out my licensed .32 revolver, loaded it and put it under my pillow, for a very disturbed sleep.”

All we can do is pray for the safety of all the people in and around Mumbai. Lets hope our police force and army manages to get rid of those nasty terrorists.

Amitabh Bachchan is finally home after being discharged from Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital yesterday. As soon as he was in the comfort of his own home he got time to update his blog and write about his experiences.

Big B was really overwhelmed by the concern and well wishes of his fans as he wrote,

“Your love overwhelms me. Your concern for my well being humbles me. I owe so much to you.”
“My sincerest thanks to all who gave me strength to fight another medical battle. The fans and well wishers. The media friends who wrote in on my mobile. Friends who visited me at the hospital and those that wrote in. Strangers who I never met or know.”

He really lashed out at the media on his blog on how the literally harrassed him the night he was being taken to the hospital.

“There is a muted silence outside…No one says a word, except the media. They clamour and scream for that exclusive shot, invading the sanctity of the ambulance. They would never understand the sensitivity of the situation,” he wrote.

He added: “Media is an added hindrance to a smooth, quick emergent ride to Nanavati. If they had their way they would ideally want to be seated on the stretcher with me and have me answering questions – ‘What would be the celebrations for the birthday sir and will you be inviting Shah Rukh’. Insensitive. Callous.”

Talking about his plans now, he said he plans to rest and recuperate and give company to women at home who would be celebrating Karva Chauth.

Aamir Khan after the little skirmish that he had with Big B, decided to bury the hatchet like SRK and pay a visit to the ailing superstar at Lilavati Hospital.And guess what, Aamir got Big B some good books he can read in his spare time. I wonder how much spare time will he have but doctors say that he is on a liquid diet and he is responding really well to his treatment.

Perhaps what Big B needs is not some books but his laptop to blog about his condition to his fans who have been waiting to here from him.

Get well soon Big B.

The media must have reported a cold-war between Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan but nothing of the sort appeared when the two bonded well at the premiere of Drona.

Shahrukh Khan graced the occasion with wife Gauri Khan and kids and greeted the Bachchans for the premiere. The shutterbugs flashed crazy picturing the two giant actors in the industry greeting each other.

Seems like a smart move from SRK to outsmart Salman Khan who was gelling quite well with Abhishek Bachchan after his skirmish with SRK. Now SRK has gone ahead and made friends with the Bachchans, lets see whose side do the Bachchans prefer to be.

After King Akshay Kumar recording a song with Snoop Dog,  its Abhishek’s turn to sing alongside famous American rapper Wyclef Jean. And Jean is really floored by Abhishek Bachchan.

“Abhishek hypnotizes you with the way he talks, his tone has that automatic swagger in it; I wanted to put the whole synergy where we come from and where he comes from and put it on one record,” says Jean.

Jean also met Big B and he is impressed by him too. “I had a great conversation with Abhishek’s dad, he is like one of the sharpest men I’ve ever met in my life. So it was a great thing.”

He couldn’t meet Abhishek’s wife though, “I was supposed to meet her in California, because I was doing a show there, but our schedules conflicted. I’m still looking forward to meeting her.”

Wonder if he knew Abhishek’s dad is the biggest star of India.

Much before the movie has hit the theatres, The Last Lear has become the talk of the town. The critics, across the world, have said that this movie is by far Amitabh Bachchan’s best movie as an actor. Arjun Rampal and Preity Zinta have also come of age with their performances in the movie.

The film is directed by Rituparno Ghosh and it is said to be based on Utpal Dutt’s play Aajker Shahjahan. According to Ghosh, “The Last Lear is the first attempt to take Shakespeare away from the colonial context and place it in an indigenous Indian context and actually transpose it to a film unit.”
The Last Lear is the story of Harish Mishra aka Harry played by Amitabh Bachchan an eccentric actor who is brought out of his self imposed retirement by the stubborn director Siddharth (Arjun Rampal) for one last glorious performance.

Harry, however, being a theatre actor detests the cinema. He thinks its an apology in the name of art. When Siddharth finally convinces Harry to work in his film, Harry emerses himself completely in the movie and loves every bit of the film’s making. He meets on the sets, Shabnam (Preity zinta) an upcoming actress and teaches her the nuances of acting.

This movie also happens to be Amitabh Bachchan’s first English movie and it is bound to take his international fan following higher than ever by breaking the language barriers.

Cant wait to see this movie… sounds refreshing compared to all the usual Bollywood Fare!

Shilpa Shetty is the new actress to join the Bachchan clan on their unforgettable tour. She could not resist the offer as she is in awe of the senior Bachchan.

But when Big B, who wishes Shilpa on her birthday every year, forget the important day this year, Shilpa was visibly angry  with her idol.

Apparently Shilpa considers Big B as her lucky charm and believes that his wishes every year on her birthday makes her year wonderful.

Amitabh recently wrote on his blog,  “The show is now joined by Shilpa Shetty. She looked lovely as always and very trim. She displayed mock anger at meeting me because I missed wishing her on her birthday. Horrible me.”

Well we along with Amitabh Bachchan wish Shilpa a very great belated birthday.