Bollywood mega-star Amitabh Bachchan is known for being one of the most disciplined and dedicated actors in the film industry, but even the Big B recently declared that when he is working with wife Jaya Bachchan, her presence on the sets makes him more disciplined!
Big B and wife Jaya, who will be seen together in Bhojpuri film Ganga Devi recently quipped at an event, "When Jaya and I work together, my behaviour is different and there is always a discipline on the sets…or else the situation at home becomes out of control."
The last time Amitabh and Jaya shared screen space together was in the 2001 Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, which also starred Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan and was directed by Karan Johar.
Director Shoojit Sircar is certain riding a high wave post the success of his last film Vicky Donor, starring Ayushmann Khurrana. Now, although he is busy with 2 films, namely Jaffna and Hamara Bajaj, Shoojit is already planning another film.
The filmmaker has managed a double whammy by getting Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan together for his forthcoming film called Garden House.
Sircar was recently quoted saying that he will be making Garden House with the Bachchan couple and that it's a romantic drama that he plans to start towards the end of the year.
Incidentally, Sircar had earlier made a film with Amitabh Bachchan titled Shoebite, which is yet to see the light of the day.
Shoojit is currently working on the two films for John Abraham's production house.
After playing the role of an Afghani Pathan in Khuda Gawah many years back, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is now gearing up to play the role of a foreigner in sound designer Resul Pookutty's directorial debut.
Sources claim that Amitabh Bachchan might be seen playing the role of a Pakistani national in the film, which Resul claims is not political, but rather a humane film. Confirming the news, Resul was quoted saying that the story was written by his old classmate Amitabh Singh and when Singh brought the story to Resul, the latter was highly impressed with it and decided to make a film on the subject.
It seems that the script has been submitted to Big B for his perusal and the Shahenshah is yet to give his nod to the project.
The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will be held in Goa, this November and megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been invited for the opening and closing ceremony of the film fest.
Big B has been shortlisted as one of the invitees and the organizers are presently checking his availability for the event. Several other Bollywood celebs have also been shortlisted to be invited to participate in the film festival.
Reportedly, as many as 47 films will screened in the Indian Panorama section at the 43rd IFFI, which will be held between November 20 to November 30, 2012, in Panaji.
Amitabh Bachchan lives up to his superstar status even on the web world. After remaining connected to his worldwide fans through mediums such as blog, Twitter and till more recently, the voice blog, the megastar will now be available on the social networking website Facebook.
The actor tweeted last night, "T 842 - Ok .. some advance news .. Looks like I shall be on FaceBook from tomorrow ... looks like .. wait for confirmation !!"
The account went live this morning.
Bachchan wrote on the micro-blogging website, "T 843 - YIPPEE !! Am on FaceBook !! My ID :http://FaceBook.com/AmitabhBachchan . ANNDDD !! Its close to 8 lakhs in half an hour !! Keep it coming, Baby !"
The fan page also featured a video. In the video, the actor said, "Hello everybody! This is Amitabh Bachchan and I just want all of you to know that now I am on Facebook and this is a welcome device. The way the digital world is going is just unbelievable. And I thought that I would use facebook to connect with all my well- wishers yet again. You have been with me at Blog and Twitter and here is another medium that is now going to connect us even further. Year after year, month after month, day after day we are coming closer to each other. Lovely to have you here and we shall be seeing each other and you will get to know more about me and my daily activities where I go, what I do though this wonderful medium. Thanks for being with me on Facebook and we will be with you very shortly. Thank you."
At last count, there were 787,396 likes on his Facebook page.
We're sure the count will grow on, thick and fast.
A few years back, it had been announced that acclaimed director Mira Nair is all set to make a film on Gregory David Roberts' bestseller Shantaram, which was supposed to star Hollywood hottie Johnny Depp and Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan.
However, the project got shelved in 2007 following a strike by the Writer's Guild of America and it was being said that even the Big B had given up hopes about the whole enterprise. However, now it seems that Nair is gearing up to revive her project and following his short role in The Great Gatsby, even Amitabh Bachchan has started showing interest in the international project. It is being said that Nair recently visited the Big B residence in suburban Juhu and when Bachchan displayed an interest in the project, Nair was encouraged to revive it.
Interestingly, Bachchan will be seen playing the role of a Jewish gangster in The Great Gatsby and is slated to play the role of a Mumbai don in the film adaptation of Shantaram.
The nation is drenched in Eid festivities today and our B-town celebs too wished their fans on the auspicious day viamicro-blogging site Twitter and here's what they said:
Amitabh Bachchan: "EID MUBARAK ... may there always be peace and wellness about us."
Shah Rukh Khan: “Eid Mubarak to everyone.May Allah fill your life with happiness. Look forward to reading the Takbirat in an open space in Ladakh.Insha Allah."
Priyanka Chopra: “Eid Mubarak to the world.. A day of faith hope love and fun!! May the almighty bless this world with peace!"
Ajay Devgn: “Eid Mubarak!”
Abhishek Bachchan: “Eid Mubarak to all of you. Peace, love and happiness.”
Bipasha Basu: “Eid mubarak!Peace and Happiness To All!”
Mallika Sherawat: “Eid Mubarak lovely precious tweeple:)"
Arjun Rampal: “Eid Mubarak one and all, time to feast. Peace, love and happiness to all."
Sonakshi Sinha: “Eid mubarak doston :) khao, piyo, ek tha tiger dekho, mauj karo!”
Preity Zinta: "Chand Mubarak & Eid Mubarak 2 all my friends who celebrate 2day ! Time for me 2 enjoy Savaiya & all the yummy food & forget about the diet !"
Jacky Bhagnani: “EID mubarak to all of ul may ul have a super year ahead."
Shruti Hassan: “Eid mubarak to all!”
Prabhu Deva: “Eid Mubarak Friends. Wishing you all a great day.. Enjoy the celebration.”
Jiah Khan: “Eid Mubarak my lovely twitter friends!!!”
Jimmy Shergill: “EID MUBARAK..wishing you all happiness peace and lots of love ..”
Arshad Warsi: “EID MUBARAK... Wishing you all a day full of happiness, love n celebration withfriends n family....”
Richa Chadda: “Eid Mubarak!!! :-D to everybody, everywhere... Lots of Love!.”
Ranvir Shorey: “So then good morning. Eid Mubarak. Yummy day ahead.”
Soha Ali Khan: “To all those celebrating today, eid mubarak!! Love,prayers and peace to all.”
Arbaaz Khan: “Eid mubarak to everyone !!!”
Sonam Kapoor: “Eid Mubarak everyone! Lots of love!”
Farah Khan: “Eid mubarak 2 all frm Czar,diva n anya.allah bless us all.”
Neha Dhupia: “EID mubarak to all of you and your loved ones...”
Shabana Azmi: “Eid mubarak sabko. Aman dosti aur khushi sab ko haasil ho.”
R. Madhavan: “Eid Mubarak all you lovely folks.”
Manoj Bajpai: “Eid mubarak to all of you! Biryani time!the best food in the world!”
Karan Johar: “EID MUBARAK!!!! Lots of love to all......”
We at MovieTalkies too wish you a happy and prosperous Eid.
Amitabh Bachchan has recorded a special song for the sixth season of the popular game show Kaun Banega Crorepati. He wrote on his blog that he had butterflies in his stomach while recording with Bollywood composer duo Salim Merchant and Sulaiman Merchant.
Bachchan wrote, "The crowning glory is the session at Salim-Sulaiman's recording studio later at night to record a song for KBC, and my extreme hesitation in doing so for it is a moment filled with immense self-consciousness."
About working with the popular composer jodi, he said, "Salim-Sulaiman, made me nervous and anxious and yes, the butterflies which have now found permanent residence within my intestines. However, this must be said, the experience tonight has been most rewarding and fruitful."
He also posted in his blog, his preference of music composers. He wrote, "I opt often for Aadesh Shrivastava, because many a long night has been spent there in uninhibited jamming. There is that comfort within the studios of Vishal-Shekhar (Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani)."
The mock rehearsals of the show have begun and it is ready to go on air from September 7.
Superstar Amitabh Bachchan has fought many dacoits in his films, but not many know that in real life, he was in awe of a dacoit named Daku Man Singh.
The actor wrote, "In my younger days, we were in awe of daku Man Singh, whose escapades and adventures were common conversation in and around every possible gathering. As kids we would imagine the size and the massiveness of this person, and were made fearful of his sudden presence, if we did not go to bed at appointed hour or fussed about finishing our meals, or to be back home in time before dark.
The 69-year-old further wrote, "In the summer months of Allahabad, when the sun would set and the lawn used to be watered to cool the ground, the family would sit out in the evenings, and as night came upon us, the elders would ask us to go to the house and put the lights on in the rooms."
"For us, it used to be a moment of extreme trauma, because even though the house was not more than 50 feet away from where we were sitting, the fear of the dark as you walked in, was numbing. We felt almost as though Man Singh would suddenly appear from behind one of the doors or grab us as we strode back to where the elders were sitting!" he concluded.
Man Singh was among the dreaded dacoits of Chambal region and had 1,112 robberies and 185 murders to his credit between 1939 and 1955. He was shot dead in an encounter in 1955.
Bollywood celebrities Preity Zinta and Amitabh Bachchan prayed for the victims of the earthquake at Iran, which killed about 250 people and injured 1,800 others.
According to media reports, there were two earthquakes of 6.4 and 6.3 magnitude near Tabriz and Ahar on Saturday.
Upset at the unfortunate incidents, Bachchan tweeted, "T 833 - Earthquake in Iran and many dead..prayers for all those that suffer .. Have many well-wishers there..!!"
Actress Preity Zinta also expressed her sadness at the loss of so many lives. She wrote, "My heart & Prayers go out 2 the people of Iran who have lost their loved ones in the earthquake. May God give strength to their families."
We at Movie Talkies offer our heartfelt condolences to the victims of the Iran earthquake, and their loved ones.
Amitabh Bachchan paid tribute to his mother Teji Bachchan on her 98th birth anniversary on August 12.
The actor posted on his blog, "Today is my mother's birthday. We shall all remember her in prayer and thought. A remarkable lady of exceptional will and quality - as all Mothers are - of great fortitude and inner strength, who brought us up despite her reserved means and taught us to fight and to fight alone when oppressed."
Bachchan also reminisced about his childhood days. He further wrote, "The early years of our lives filled with her continuous teachings from the Guru Granth Saheb, she being a Sikh from a most illustrious family, singing the verses at every given opportunity, talking of her days with her Father and my Grandfather Khazan Singh Suri a Bar-at-law in those years before the turn of the 1900's, a revenue minister in the erstwhile state of Patiala."
Amitabh Bachchan shared a very close relationship with his mother. Teji Bachchan died at the age of 93 on December 21, 2007 after prolonged illness in Mumbai.
Amitabh Bachchan got a chance to watch Anurag Kashyap's Gangs Of Wasseypur II yesterday and tweeted about it later on.
Bachchan wrote, "Got a rare off this afternoon and saw GOW 2 .. quite impressive and rugged .. more violence, and some twists and turns unexpected !!"
The actor further tweeted, '" GOW 2 ... though I must say despite its brilliance I did seem to enjoy GOW 1 , more .. maybe because it came first !"
The actor tweets further, "GOW 2 ... the performances, the natural and most vivid visuals and the unique music, so novel and attractive!!"
"Gangs of Wasseypur .. a riveting film on the conditions and state of this region in Bihar !! Most naturally performed!!"
Director Anurag Kashyap tweeted back, "@SrBachchan Thank You Sir.. thanks for watching it, thank you for writing about it.. meant a lot.."
Gangs Of Wasseypur II, starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Richa Chadda and Huma Qureshi, released on August 8.
The recent tragedy in Milwaukee, where a gunman opened fire at a gurudwara on Sunday and ended up killing seven people and injuring few others before being gunned down by law enforcement officials has shocked Bollywood and celebs took to Twitter to express their shock and outrage at the incident.
Amitabh Bachchan wrote, "Terrible news of shooting in Wisconsin, USA, inside Sikh Temple .. O ! Lord ! may all be safe ! This is terrible news ! What is happening in US ..? another shooting of innocents..!! And inside a temple, a Gurdwara .. !! Pained and shocked beyond words… Not in a mood to tweet any more after learning of the shooting inside Gurudwara .. let us all pray !!
Akshay Kumar, who has played a Sikh in 'Singh Is King', posted, "People on Earth still need to learn to get along. First the Colorado Batman shooting and now this! My heartfelt prayer."
Mandira Bedi: "My prayers for all the victims and their families who were affected by the crazed gunmans rampage at the Oak Creek Gurudwara in Wisconsin."
Anupam Kher: "Attack & Killing of innocent people in a Gurudwara in America is a sad & cowardly act. My heartfelt condolence to the families of victims."
Veteran actress Shabana Azmi: "Attacks at houses of worship (Wisconsin) must be condemned by all This type of crime strikes at the very foundation of religious freedom."
Sophie Choudhary: "Absolutely shocked about the Wisconsin Gurdwara shooting!Prayers & condolences.. Cinemas, college campuses & now temples..Is no place safe?"
Bol Bachchan is gearing up to become one of the biggest blockbusters of the year and its leading pair, Abhishek Bachchan and Ajay Devgn, cannot wait to throw a big success party.
However, they will have to wait a little longer as Amitabh Bachchan is not in the country. The actor, who was seen carrying the London Olympic torch yesterday, is expected to be back in India only on August 5. It appears that Big B is keen to be a part of the Bol Bachchan celebrations. Hence, Ajay and Abhishek will wait for Amitabh Bachchan to comeback till they can throw a massive party for two occasions, the legendary actor's achievement of having carried the Olympic torch as well as the success of the film.
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who has been the face of Indian cinema for over four decades now, has been specially invited to be a part of the London Olympics 2012 and will be carrying the torch on July 26 in Southwark at 10:30 am.
The superstar tweeted last night, "T 816 - OK !! HERE IT IS : Have been invited by London Olympic Organizing Committee to carry the torch in the relay tomorrow ."
"T 816 -Imelda Flattery @Imeldaflattery ... go there to get exact details of Olympic Torch relay of which I shall be part of ... great honor," he further added.
"T 816 - Honored to be asked to carry the Olympic Torch in London at Southwark around 10:30 AM !! A proud moment for me and country !." revealed the superstar.
The 32.7 mile relay will have legendary personalities from all over the world carrying the prestigious Olympic torch. Apart from Bachchan, other personalities to attend this event will be Lawrence Dallaglio, Lewis Moody, Jim Anderson, Phil Packer, Darren Fitzpatrick and Tom Davis.
Actor Amitabh Bachchan expressed shock over the news of the shooting in Denver during the midnight premiere of the film The Dark Knight Rises.
A young man opened fire at a theatre in Denver, killing 12 people, and leaving many others injured.
Bachchan tweeted, "Each day something disturbing appears. Saw live footage of Colorado killings... gunman dressed as Batman saying he was The Joker."
Actor Akshay Kumar, who made a comeback to the action genre with Prabhu Deva directed Rowdy Rathore, will be once more seen in an action role in Milan Luthria's Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai 2, where he will be seen playing the role of an underworld don.
Sources claim that Kumar, whose role is based on Dawood Ibrahim, will take inspiration from Amitabh Bachchan's Don and Al Pacino starrer Scarface for his look in the film, claim sources. Confirming the news, Milan Luthria was quoted saying that they will be presenting Akki, as he is popularly known, in a never before seen avatar in the film, which would have an old world charm and yet look classy at the same time.
Kumar's 'Rowdy' co-star Sonakshi Sinha will be seen playing a gangster's moll in the film, which also stars Imran Khan and Sonali Bendre.
