The name ‘Amitabh Bachchan’ does more for India abroad than other known symbols of India’s soft power such as the Taj Mahal, curry or the Kama Sutra, according to Rachel Dwyer, an expert on Indian cinema and culture. Delivering the Annual Distinguished Ford Lecture 2011, Dwyer, a professor based at the London-based School of Oriental [...]

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is what legends are made of. Recently, while shooting for Prakash Jha’s ‘Aarakshan’, Big B asked the reluctant director to re-shoot a scene from the film as the aging superstar was not satisfied with his earlier performance. Apparently, Jha is known to be austere with takes and re-shoots. When Big B [...]

After retaining the same look for past 11 years, Amitabh Bachchan has suddenly turned experimental about his looks. First he decided to sport a trimmed beard and new hairstyle in AarakshanBoodha, Big B will dye his beard and hair into a trendy colour, which is yet to be decided. According to insiders, Big B would [...]

The awareness about education in India is set to get a huge boost. And it is bound to happen when two of Bollywood’s biggest superstars Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan will team up to promote the de rigueur noble cause. The two icons have been brought together on insistence of the Oscar winning sound [...]

In the wake of Aamir Khan, Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan has now stepped up to offer support to veteran actor A K Hangal who is now ill and in financial trouble “It has been sad and unnerving to learn today of the dire condition of one of our most devoted and dedicated character artists of [...]

Bollywood`s angry young man Amitabh Bachchan danced his way into the New Year in Goa, but feels he needs to take some serious dancing lessons soon. “Moving on the dance floor after ages has shown how rusty I have become. This has to change. Dancing lessons, I presume, during the gym hours I would imagine [...]

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan Friday received a standing ovation from the audience as he walked on to the stage to receive the best actor award for “Paa”, his fourth National Award. Amitabh, 68, received the award from President Pratibha Patil for his performance as a 13-year-old progeria patient in R. Balakrishna’s “Paa”. He had earlier [...]

Amitabh Bachchan, who plays a media mogul in his forthcoming film “Rann”, says he is well-versed with the business as he was among the pioneers of satellite television in the West, “many, many years” before it came to India. “I was one of the pioneers of satellite television in the United Kingdom and New York. [...]

Amitabh Bachchan bagged the best actor award for “Paa”, while Vidya Balan was named the best actress for the same movie at the Nokia 16th Annual Star Screen Awards here late Saturday. Rajkumar Hirani bagged the best director award and shared the best screenplay award with Abhijat Joshi for “3 Idiots”. “3 idiots” claimed the [...]