He adds, "This was followed by an on-stage interview at the BAFTA, a life in pictures as it were, with Abhishek Bachchan, conducted by the peerless Francine Stock.

Given that previous such honourees include James Cameron, Meryl Streep, Guillermo del Toro and our own Deepa Mehta and Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek was indeed in exalted company.

What caused more than a ripple of excitement when Abhishek walked into the BAFTA's packed-to-the-rafters Princess Anne Theatre was who accompanied him, couple of whom you may just have heard of - the aforementioned Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan."

This renowned actor of Bollywood Abhishek Bachchan and noted son of icon Amitabh Bachchan is quite a sensation internationally and has send the crowds into a frenzy at the 12th London Asian Film Festival.

In the 36-hour visit to the UK, Abhishek Bachchan revealed a brief about his life and work that created a deep impact upon the foreign crowd.

The handsome hunk was extremely looking outstanding in  a black Nehru jacket for the BAFTA interview who was surrounded by his extremely beautiful wife  Aishwarya Rai and his parent.

The chiseled stunner Abhishek  took to the stage at the close of the ninety-minute session and left the audience baffled with his small account of his film experience.

On being invited by BAFTA he felt it to be great honor to be there, Abhishek mentioned, “My first reaction was that they had got the wrong Bachchan.

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If everything goes right, then we may see Abhishek Bachchan dancing on the cricket fields in the name of cheering and supporting ‘his own’ IPL team, just like the King Khan does in Eden Gardens.

The IPL 2011 will see two more teams, and the giant Videocon group is running to get hold of the franchise rights of the Pune team. It is said that they have joined hands with Jr. Bachchan, and he might be their partner.

According to the sources, P Vision Ltd, a company owned by Videocon Group chief Venugopal Dhoot, has roped in Abhishek Bachchan along with two Pune based firms, and they will be bidding for the new IPL team. Though Mr. Dhoot refrained from making any comments whatsoever.

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Recently Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Kumar had to fly to Manali to shoot romantic song in director Vipul Amrutlal Shah’s film Action Replayy.

But unexpectedly it snowed a lot in Manali in February. And due to certain risks Shah cancelled the shoot. Shah’s patience is really being tested for this movie as first, Ash’s extended the shoot for Mani Ratnam’s film, Raavan and now the weather is spoiling everything.

The song that had to be shot is based on a 1970s melody by Pritam. Vipul now requires some other date from both the stars for shooting the song that is rather difficult to set. So Vipul may have to cancel the song from the film.

Bollywood superstar visits temples very often, but of late, he is more drawn towards Sikhism, the faith of his mother Teji Bachchan, who was a Sikh family. He has a deep desire to visit the Golden Temple along with his children Abhishek Bachchan and Shweta.

“Abhishek shoots Bingo in the Holy City of Amritsar and his sister Shweta joins him to pay homage and prayer at the Harmandir Saheb. I wish I could do the same, but am unable to. Soon however I shall find the time. Or as they say in such situations, when the time comes He will call you and providence shall make the right moves and ways to permit us to do so,” he wrote in his blog.

He said that his Sikh blood is reckoning him. “The Sikh blood in me beckons and I must honor it. It is rather strange, but in the last few months, my attraction and interest towards my Sikh links, attain some prominence and I feel drawn towards it. Two lockets of Guru Nanak ji, Sacche Padsha, are constant on my neck - one a gift from Guddi Behenji my cousin, daughter of my Mother’s elder sister Gobind Masi ji and the other I found as a gift to me that was lying on my desk unnoticed. Now they both adorn my neck,” he continued on his blog.

Surprisingly, he doesn’t forget to seek blessings from the Sikh gurus. “Raj Kanwar, one of Abhishek’s early directors, had presented me with a photograph of all the Guruji’s and they now are with me at my place of worship. I seek blessings from them each morning - ‘Sat Naam Wahe Guru’, I recite, as I touch their images and a strange sense of fulfillment and strength consumes me,” he wrote.

I wish I could do the same, but am unable to. Soon however I shall find the time. Or as they say in such situations, when the time comes He will call you and providence shall make the right moves and ways to permit us to do so.

The Sikh blood in me beckons and I must honor it. It is rather strange, but in the last few months, my attraction and interest towards my Sikh links, attain some prominence and I feel drawn towards it.

Two lockets of Guru Nanak ji, Sacche Padsha, are constant on my neck - one a gift from Guddi Behenji my cousin, daughter of my Mother’s elder sister Gobind Masi ji and the other I found as a gift to me that was lying on my desk unnoticed.

Now they both adorn my neck. Raj Kanwar, one of Abhishek’s early directors had presented me with a photograph of all the Guru ji’s and they now are with me at my place of worship.

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Amitabh Bachchan did not collect his Filmfare award on stage nor did he go along with his family to attend the function.

The reason though is quite obvious that the Bachchans were very upset with a newspaper belonging to the same group for writing an article against his daughter in law Aishwarya Rai.

When asked as to why he did not attend the event, he replied, “I felt that the modesty of a lady in my house has been outraged and the topic that was brought up was very insensitive.

How can we go sing, dance and celebrate and collect awards at a function organized by the same media group when they are abusing a lady of my house.. I have asked for an apology, but they haven’t,” said Big B.
 

Shraddha Kapoor tells that she bagged her debut role in Teen Patti on her own merit and not because she happens to be the daughter of Shakti Kapoor or the niece of Padmini Kolhapure.

What is your role in Teen Patti? I play the role of Aparna Khanna who is a studious girl and is also a guitarist in her college’s music band. Aparna is a very intriguing person.

The film is all about Aparna’s journey and how during the journey Aparna starts discovering things about her which surprise her. Do you think Teen Patti is the right launching pad for a newcomer like you?

Teen Patti, let me reiterate is not a quintessential Indian cinema about boy meets girl. Nor is it about gambling. Gambling forms just the backdrop of the film Teen Patti. It is something which Indian cinema has not seen before.

I thought that the script was very gripping and my role was well etched. I really felt that the film was good enough to be my launching pad To what extent could you relate to the character of Aparna in the film?

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Amitabh Bachchan, the towering Shehanshah of bollywood who plays the character of a mathematics professor in Leena Yadav’s upcoming flick ‘Teen Patti’ along with Sir Ben Kingsley,  will be seen playing his own interesting mind game with the different gambling persons in the casino.

Sources say that Amitabh Bachchan’s basic concern is to prove his theory of probability correct in the game of Teen Patti and for this reason he visits different gambling dens and closely notes down the utterances of the playing people. He analyses the one liners from these gambling people to reach the conclusion about the working of their minds, while betting during the card game.

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The sixty seven year old icon of Bollywood Amitabh Bachchan had seriously injured himself while doing a difficult stunt during the shoot of his film ‘Teen Patti’.

Reportedly, Amitabh attempted to do the action by himself without taking the help of the German action-director Armin Sauer.

It was that scene where Amitabh had to hold on to the front windshield while the car raced a few hundred meters before braking to a stop abruptly and throwing him on the road. In the set of ‘Teen Patti’.

The expert action-director of German Sauer was also present and wanted to go along with him during the critical stunt. However, Sauer was stopped by Amitabh for he wanted to show his caliber in carrying out his stunt all alone.

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