Brahmastra: Amitabh Bachchan wields a flaming sword and battles against the forces of evil in latest action-packed clip - WATCH

With the clock ticking down to the release of 'Brahmastra', director Ayan Mukerji is going all out to keep the buzz alive.

After kicking off the countdown with a clip of leading man Ranbir Kapoor, the filmmaker on Wednesday sent out Ganesh Chaturthi greetings to fans by sharing a new teaser clip that saw Amitabh Bachchan in action.

Wielding the Prabhastra or the Sword of Light, the clip sees Bachchan as the character Guru, going up against the forces of evil. "Miliye Guru aur unke Prabhāstra se bas 9 days mein! In cinemas from 9th September," read the official description.

Revealing why he picked September 9 as the release date for his film, Ayan said in his post, "Lucky auspicious number 9… given we are releasing on 09.09! Happy Ganesh Chaturthi."

The film that is the first part of a trilogy, also stars Alia Bhatt, Mouni Roy and Nagarjuna in lead roles. The story follows Shiva – a young man, who is on the brink of an epic love story, with a girl named Isha. But their world is turned upside down because Shiva learns that he has a mysterious connection to the Brahmastra and a great power within him that he doesn’t understand just yet. 

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Amitabh Bachchan, Isolated With COVID, Decided To Do This

Amitabh Bachchan, who is currently in isolation after Covid-19 diagnosis, decided to look back at good, old times and he shared a throwback picture of himself on Instagram on Tuesday. The 79-year-old actor shared a greyscale picture of himself from an event in Paris and he wrote in his caption: "In isolation due to the 2nd bout of Covid, what does one do...One looks back at the pages of the past and discovers this ... It's at an event for an Indian Festival at the Pompidou Centre, Paris when the famous Harcourt Studio took this picture...The Studio is very ably represented in the Louvre and this picture also makes it's presence among many others ... A great honour and a most humbling experience."

Last week, Big B shared an update on his health. He revealed that he has contracted the virus. He wrote: "Have just tested covid+ positive... All those that have been in my vicinity and around me, please get yourself checked and tested also." 

Amitabh Bachchan has super busy schedule ahead. His upcoming projects include Ayan Mukerji's Brahmastra, co-starring Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor and the remake of the Hollywood film The Intern, along with Deepika Padukone. Earlier, late actor Rishi Kapoor was to star in the film. Big B was last seen in Nagraj Manjule's Jhund, which opened to stellar reviews. He also hosts the 14th season of the TV quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati. News by NDTV

Amitabh Bachchan's Indian-American fan installs actor's life-size statue worth ₹60 lakh at his house

Amitabh Bachchan, who is undoubtedly one of the most loved actors we have in Bollywood, commands a huge fan following across the nation. Now, an Indian American fan from New Jersey has installed a statue of him out ide his home.

Taking to his Twitter handle, the fan shared some pictures of the statue installed outside his house with netizens and wrote, ‘On Saturday august 27th we have placed @SrBachchan statue at outside in the front of our new home in edison NJ USA . Lots of Mr Bachchan’s fan’s participated on Mr Bachchan’s staue inoguration ceremony (sic).’

Gopi told PTI, “He is nothing less than a god to me and my wife. The biggest thing that inspires me about him is not only his reel life but also his real life and how he manages himself in public, how he conveys and communicates …everything you know. He is very down-to-earth. He takes care of his fans. He is not like so many other stars. This is why I thought I should have his status outside of my house.”

The life-size statue which shows Bachchan seated in his ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ pose reportedly cost about Rs 60 lakhs.

Nagarjuna replaced Sanjay Dutt in Amitabh Bachchan Sridevi Khuda Gawah completed 30 year

Film Khuda Gawah which starred Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi and Nagarjuna among others, completed 30 years on May 8. There were reports that Nagarjuna was not the first choice and Sanjay Dutt was first signed for the film. After 30 years, Manoj Desai, the producer of the film has revealed that the reports were true and also said that he had to even pass Ajay Devgan. 

In an interview with Bollywood Hungama, Manoj said, “Yes, Sanjay Dutt was signed initially. We even shot 7 reels with him. Even Farah Naaz had come on board. Woh 7 ki 7 reel doob gayi. This is because the late Mukul Anand ji, the director of the film, wanted to shoot his Pepsi and other ads free of cost in Nagarjuna’s studio in Hyderabad. Hence, Nagarjuna bagged the role. As a result, we had no choice but to remove the scenes of Sanjay Dutt and Farah from the film, including a song. Then Shilpa Shirodkar replaced Farah.”

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He then put an end to rumours surrounding that Dutt had problems with him. The producer also revealed that Dutt was rejected as he was a part of the song Tamma Tamma and it sounded similar to Jhumma Chumma. He said, “Sanjay Dutt was harassed so much over this topic that he landed in Amitabh Bachchan’s vanity van.” He explained that Anand was the reason he was leaving the film.

Manoj recalled that Devgn had also been passed over for the part. He claimed that Mukul Anand chose Nagarjuna over Devgn because he wanted the work to be done for free.