Big B upset over 'Raavan'?

In a surprising turn of events, just 2 days after the release of Abhishek & Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's 'Raavan', Amitabh Bachchan has criticised the editing of the film on a popular website. Amitabh's statements on the site come in response to heavy criticism for 'Raavan' from critics aross the country. In his statements the Big B says Raavan is 'Sadly' edited and the reason Abhishek's character Beera often appears confused is due to important portions of the film being chopped off on the editing table.

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Aishwarya, Abhishek may not attend IIFA

Papa Amitabh Bachchan is the brand ambassador of International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) but his son and daughter-in-law, who have been regular faces at IIFA since it began ten years ago, might skip the event this year because of their professional commitments.

 

Yes, there’s a strong chance that Ash would give the upcoming IIFA weekend from June 3 to 5 in Sri Lankan capital Colombo a miss because she’s flying to Paris to promote a brand she endorses.

 

“She is going for a Longines (international watch brand) commitment to Paris where she will be attending the French open,” her spokesperson is quoted to have said.

 

In the last few weeks Ash has been trotting the globe, with her visits to cities like Cannes and London. Now, she’s off to Paris.

 

Not just Ash, even Abhishek will be busy shooting director Abhinay Deo’s action thriller film Game in Istanbul. 

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Big B shocked to see Shashi Kapoor‎

Amitabh Bachchan was shocked to see Shashi Kapoor, his co-star of Trishul, Deewar and so many other hits, confined to a wheelchair at the Filmfare awards last week.

 

Amitabh was supposed to present the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award to the 71-year-old actor, but could not attend.

However, Amitabh saw pictures of the event later and was shocked -- just like so many of his other fans.

 

"...the affable (Filmfare) editor Jitesh Pillai had asked me if I would give the Lifetime achievement Award to Shashi Kapoor and I had agreed. With great pleasure. I missed that more than thee expectation of winning the best actor award. Seeing him confined to a wheel chair, was something I could never associate with Shashi ji," the 67-year-old posted on his blog bigb.bigadda.com.

 

"Shashi Kapoor, that handsome gentle man. A smile on his face forever. A considerate calling on each meeting, now in this condition? Never," he added.

They were seen together in hits like Deewar, Trishul, Namak Halal and Silsila.

Remembering the times they spent together, Amitabh wrote: "Film after film we did together, Shashiji and I, shared some of my most memorable times together in the Industry. He is now my relative. His elder brother, the great Raj Kapoor's daughter Ritu's son Nikhil is married to (my daughter) Shweta.

 

"I spoke to him on his birthday some days ago and then again when I wanted to invite him to the premier of Paa. He had sounded weak in voice and expressed his inability to come. "I am not well', he had whispered faintly and I told him I would arrange a special screening for him. But I had never expected him to be the way I saw him at the award function in the pictures a few days back," said Amitabh.

 

The lifetime achievement award to Shashi was finally given by Shabana Azmi.

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Rajini want to do like Amitabh Ji

According to sources, Superstar Rajini has decided not to act as youth after release of ‘Endhiran’, instead he would take up roles that will suit his real age.

 

We will get to see a never-seen-before, young and smart Rajini in his forthcoming Shankar’s ‘Endhiran’.

Looks like Rajini want to do dignified character roles like our great Amitabh Ji.

 

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Aamir Khan visited Amitabh Bachchan

United we stand, divided we fall. Our stars have understood the importance of unity. So, Aamir Khan visited Amitabh Bachchan on Monday morning to discuss the publicity of their respective movies as both Paa and 3 Idiots will release in the same month, that is December.

The news came to us by the stars’ blog posts. On Sunday, Big B wrote, “Aamir comes over tomorrow at my initiative to discuss a few promotional points for our respective films…Let’s see how things go.” While Aamir’s Facebook post on Monday morning said, “Pucca Idiott is very keen to see Paa.”

So, was it all for publicity as Amitabh is set to revive his company with ‘Paa’ and Aamir is quite a pro in planning marketing gimmicks for his films? However, on Tuesday, Big B blogged about the meeting and didn’t mention anything significant about the publicity strategy.

“Aamir dropped by yesterday (Monday) in the morning at my invitation and it was lovely to spend time with him, discuss the film, show him the promo, receive his appreciation, talk about his own film and invite him for the premiere (of ‘Paa’),” he wrote.

Skeptics however claim that this meeting was just eyewash for getting publicity ahead of both the releases. But trade analyst Taran Adarsh tells a daily, “They won’t stoop to this level merely for publicity. But it’s good that stars are coming together. It will help build a better industry”.

Sure, it’s nice to see the two stalwarts bonding over business.

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Big B turns the old bald man this summer

This summer, if you come across some fully tonsured old man, which also includes his eyebrows, just take a closer look because it could be none other than Amitabh Bachchan himself who has donned this unique look for his forthcoming film ‘Pa’ directed by R. Balakrishnan aka Balki. The film also stars Abhishek Bachchan and Vidya Balan.

The storyline of the film has been guarded secretly but if rumors are to be believed it deals with the story of a child who ages much faster than any normal child would do. The surprise element of the film lies in the fact that Amitabh Bachchan will be playing Abhishek Bachchan and Vidya Balan’s son in the film.

Recently, the team carried out the shoot of the film in locations of Delhi, whereby, a team of highly qualified make up experts worked on Big B’s look for a whopping 6 hours at a stretch and the results were more than satisfactory when Big B’s fans failed to recognize him in the getup of the bald old man.

It so happened that when some locals got to know that Amitabh Bachchan was shooting there, a huge crowd accumulated but after a long wait they returned frustrated and dejected cursing the unit for spreading false rumors.

Balki confirmed the news saying, “Yes, it’s true. Fans of Amitabh came rushing when they heard he was shooting in a school nearby. The fans stayed for two hours, loitered, went around him and went away complaining that there was no Amitabh. They just couldn’t recognize him.”

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Canadian hottie Saira Mohan in a film starring Big B

Saira Mohan, a Canada-born model of Indian descent, has landed a role in a Bollywood film starring Amitabh Bachchan .

She is the author of a popular e-book that has quite a provocative title - ‘How To Seduce (and Marry) the Woman of Your Dreams’. In 2003, Newsweek magazine made her the cover girl with the headline ‘The Perfect Face’. Saira Mohan, who made a fleeting appearance in Karan Johar’s movie Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna has now bagged her second Bollywood film.

The movie is Leena Yadav’s Teen Patti , with Amitabh Bachchan in leading role.Though it’s not yet known how big or important Saira’s role in the film would be, the Canadian beauty is all gung-ho about working in a film that has Big B at the helm.

‘Teen Patti’ is presently on the floors. The movie also stars Madhavan .About some more dope on Saira Mohan - she has appeared in many magazines including Elle, Cosmopolitan and L’Officiel. Technorati Tags: Saira Mohan, Amitabh Bachchan, Hot, Pictures, Sexy, Actress, Bollywood, Gossips

Big B discharged from hospital

Its some good news for Amitabh Bachchan’s fans. The superstar has been discharged after spending almost a week in Mumbai’s Leelavati Hospital. He was accompanied by his son Abhishek Bachchan daughter-in-law Aishwarya Bachchan and daughter Shweta Nanda. Big B was hospitalised on last Saturday after her complained of abdominal pains. Incidentally Amitabh was celebrating his 66th birthday on that day.

The doctors treating him have been happy with his recovery. Dr Naredra Trivedi said that some final check up was done on him early this morning after which he was found fit to go home. Bachchan was seen waving at the crowd which had gathered outside the hospital. Thousands of his fans across the country are had been praying for the speedy recovery of their superstar.
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