When Big B stole Shah Rukh Khan Lunch

When Big B stole Shah Rukh's lunch!

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has proven he is no less than his "Paa" character Auro in real life. The sexagenarian was at his impish best at a recent awards ceremony when he went and "stole" food from superstar Shah Rukh Khan's vanity van.

"I came in early and went straight to the back into the vanity van, to get ready and be made up for the presentation of the 'Teen Patti' promotion skit we were doing," Amitabh posted on his blog www.bigb.bigadda.com Sunday night.

"Hunger pangs almost ripped my stomach apart and I stepped out and into Shah Rukh's vanity (van) opposite mine and stole some of his salad that he was gorging into - he having missed his lunch as well," added the 67-year-old.

Big B, as he is fondly called, bagged the best actor award for his performance in "Paa" at the 16th Annual STAR Screen Awards that was held Jan 9 in Mumbai.

Amitabh Abhishek Bollywood best jodi

Amitabh, Abhishek Bollywood's 'best jodi

Mumbai, Jan 10 (IANS) Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek were honoured with the best jodi award for their chemistry in "Paa" at the STAR Screen Awards.

Amitabh played Abhishek's son who suffers from progeria, a disease that accelerates the ageing process. The father-son duo also entertained the audiences at the event Saturday by doing the Auro dance at the behest of their hosts Shah Rukh Khan and Shahid Kapoor.

After Shah Rukh's repeated request, Big B and Abhishek danced on the "Paa" number and Shahid and Shah Rukh too tried to match steps with them.

In all, "Paa" won five awards including best actor award for Amitabh, best actor female for Vidya Balan, best child actor for Pratik and best supporting actor female for Arundhati.

Big B named best actor at Star Screen Awards

Big-B named best actor at Star Screen Awards

Mumbai, Jan 10 (IANS) 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 best film award.

The awards function, held at the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) grounds, was a star-studded affair.

The best female singer award was bagged by Kavita Sethi for "Ek tara" from "Wake Up Sid", while the best male singer award went to Rahat Fateh Ali Khan for "Aaj din chadeya" from "Love Aaj Kal".

Imitiaz Ali bagged the best story award for "Love Aaj Kal". The award for the best performance in a comic role went to Omi Vaidya for "3 Idiots", while the award for the best actor in a negative role went to Boman Irani for "3 idiots".

A.R. Rahman won the best music award for "Delhi 6".

The winners were decided through online voting on the www.starplus.in website.

Amitabh Bachchan at the Chevrolet Apsara Awards ceremony in Mumbai

Veteran actress Jaya Bachchan with son Abhishekh Bachchan and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai arriving at the Chevrolet Apsara Awards ceremony in Mumbai

Bollywood veteran Rishi Kapoor interacting with superstar Amitabh Bachchan after receiving the Chevrolet Apsara Awards in Mumbai.

Superstar Amitabh Bachchan at the Chevrolet Apsara Awards ceremony in Mumbai

Paa is tax free in Gujarat after Big B visit

Paa' is tax free in Gujarat after Bachchan visit

Gandhinagar, Jan 8 (IANS) The Gujarat government has granted tax exemption to the Amitabh Bachchan starrer "Paa", that deals with a rare medical disorder, progeria or accelerated ageing.

A notification granting the tax exemption was issued by the Gujarat government Friday. The tax exemption in the entire state would come into effect from Saturday.

The plea for the tax exemption was made by Bachchan himself during his visit to the state capital Wednesday, when he met Chief Minister Narendra Modi and arranged a special showing of the film for Modi.

Both were effusive in their praise for each other, and seemed to have bartered a goodwill deal.

Modi promised to grant tax exemption to the film and Bachchan in turn agreed to act as a brand ambassador for Gujarat.