Amitabh Bachchan with Jaya Bachchan at Film Heritage Foundation workshop 2015

 Amitabh Bachchan to work towards saving cinematic marvels from getting lost with time

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he feels privileged to be the face of an initiative by The Film Heritage Foundation and working towards saving cinematic marvels from getting lost with time.

Amitabh Bachchan and his wife Jaya Bachchan attended the ‘Film Preservation and Restoration School India 2015’ workshop organized by the Film Heritage Foundation in Mumbai,

"A FUNCTION TO ATTEND THE Film Heritage Foundation...a most sincere effort to archive all the films made through the years... most of our films have got destroyed or lost, due to no archival interest or work

"Congratulations FILM HERITAGE FOUNDATION... and thank you for making me the Brand Ambassador of this work...honoured and privileged," read a post on Big B's official page on social networking site Facebook.  

The event was held here Sunday.

The 72-year-old also shared photographs of the event on his official blog srbachchan.tumblr.com, saying that visuals tell a better story than words.

"Just the visuals tell a deep story...of a day well spent...of being made Ambassador for the Film Heritage Foundation and the Preservation of films," the "Paa" star posted on his blog.

Meanwhile, the screen icon is gearing up for the release of his films "Piku" and "Wazir".                                                 

I strictly believe that drinking alcohol is not good for an actor says : Amitabh Bachchan

 Amitabh Bachchan: There are some actors who drink before doing a scene

The story of 'Shamitabh' revolves around the ego clash between two characters but Amitabh Bachchan says it bears no similarity with his 1973 hit 'Abhimaan'.

In 'Abhimaan', Bachchan and Jaya played singers who get married. Their marriage, however, hits the rock when the husband finds it hard to deal with the growing popularity of his wife.

"'Abhimaan' was the story of a couple where the wife was more talented than her husband. In 'Shamitabh' it's a story of two people. One person having something which the other person doesn't. Then comes the role of Akshara, who is a journalist. She is the one who will evaluate the two and get them to come together. The story is around these two people and their egos," Bachchan said in an interview. 

Directed by R Balki, who has worked with Bachchan in 'Cheeni Kum' and 'Paa', the film also stars Dhanush and Akshara Haasan. It will release on February 6.

The trailer of 'Shamitabh' shows the actor in a drunk state. Bachchan who has played similar roles in 'Sharabi', 'Do Anjaane', 'Amar Akbar Anthony' and 'Hum' among many others, said he delivers such scenes without touching the alcohol.

"He (his Shamitabh character) is frustrated in his life and sometime he takes the help of alcohol. There were many roles in the past where I had played such scenes but in every film the situations and the characters are different. Thus changes the way you perform on screen.

"But, I strictly believe that drinking alcohol is not good for an actor. There are some actors who drink before doing such a scene but I don't believe in that and will never do that," Bachchan said.
2014 was a busy year for the 72-year-old actor as he shot back-to-back films like 'Shamitabh', 'Wazir' and 'Piku' besides shooting his TV show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati'. 

   

"I am an artist. There are different looks for each film and I enjoyed working in them," said Bachchan, who collaborated with a Hollywood make-up artiste besides his make up Man Friday Deepak Sawant to create the unkempt look in his upcoming film.

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Amitabh Bachchan in special song ‘Birju’ of an upcoming movie Hey Bro

 Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Ajay Devgn, Ranveer Singh in special song ‘Birju’

Superstars Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Ranveer Singh with dancing legends Prabhudheva and Ganesh Acharya have come together for the video of a song ‘Birju’ of an upcoming movie ‘Hey Bro’.

Singer Mika Singh, who has sung the track with Udit Narayan, shared the video on micro-blogging site Twitter.

Mika Singh Tweeted: All Superstars in one video . My latest song

King Mika Singh (@MikaSingh) January 16, 2015

The song has a touch of humour, with stars asking a certain Birju — whose identity is not revealed in the video — to return bangles with lyrics “Maa ke kangan wapis karde re”.
The video oozes style, action and drama. The lyrics of the song are penned by Pranav Vatsa and the rap is by Arya and Naezy.

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Amitabh Bachchan, Social Media Person of the Year 2015

 Amitabh Bachchan, Social Media Person of the Year 2015 

FB 827 - Another Award today : Social Media person of the Year .. presented by IAMAI, the Digital organisation of India .. thank you all that connect with me , especially my EF. Twitter and Facebook, to thank them for the support.

Amitabh Bachchan: Promotions are a must now Shamitabh will release Feb 6

Amitabh Bachchan: Promotions are a must now

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is currently busy promoting his forthcoming film “Shamitabh”, believes promotions are a must now.

“Promotions deprive you of your self consciousness. It does not give you a chance to be so … much as we may like to be obsessed with the temperament. It is a necessity now, a must, a budgeted must and so we do it,” the 72-year-old posted on his official blog srbachchan.tumblr.com.

He further added: “I wonder often who really is the true benefactor of these promotions … for if the film is weak and disliked by the audience, surely any amount of glorification pre or post would not ever enhance the box office. Would it?”

Nevertheless, he still does everything to glorify his forthcoming films.

“Here we are … artists of a different generation a different league, a different age, succumbing to the lured charm of a million interviews, appearances and presence on reality shows, trying as best we could what may be the right equation to get everyone in the entire universe to come and see our film,” he wrote.

Amitabh Bachchan, who will also be seen in films like “Wazir” and “Piku” this year, says there were hardly any promotions required earlier.

“My colleagues of yore have shown no interest in these shenanigans, and they may be right. It was never needed in their times and so why now … but … I guess my category has been through a drastic change and therefore it compels me to do what I never did before and do what I am required to do now,” he shared.

“So … apart from some of these appearances on shows and ceremonies, there is this trip to out stations … Ahmedabad, Pune, Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore all in the realm of ‘perhaps’,” he added.

Directed by R. Balki, “Shamitabh” will release Feb 6.


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Amitabh Bachchan increases security for his Sunday visitors

Amitabh Bachchan increases security for his Sunday visitors, advises them to be careful

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan's tradition of greeting his fans at his doorstep almost every Sunday morning has survived yet another year. The actor says now he has increased security to stop "mischief makers" from entering inside.

"The police contingent has been increased. Mischief makers too find their way inside and have been the cause of embarrassment to those that come, as also the cause for the loss of some of their personal belongings. So dear all, do be careful," the 72-year-old posted on his official blog srbachchan.tumblr.com Monday.
The actor, who lives with his family in a bungalow named Jalsa here, also pointed out how women and children in the crowd were brought inside his premises for their safety. 

"Those in the front crushed by the pressure of those at the back, women and children, who often are brought into the premises to safety and calm. Mostly the little children that, overwhelmed by the scare of the crowds, cry out helplessly. They are looked after first. 

"Brought in and assured that their parents and elders are fine and shall get to see them soon. Poor little ones. They are so oblivious to the situation. Really... the elders should not subject them to this torture but what can one say. 

"They have come out for a Sunday breather on the beach at Juhu and this visit to Jalsa happens because it comes in the route of the evening," he added.

Meanwhile, the actor is all set for a bevy of upcoming films like 'Piku', 'Wazir' and 'Shamitabh' in the New Year.

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Amitabh Bachchan: We as a race are vulnerable

 Amitabh Bachchan: We as a race are vulnerable

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says human beings are inclined towards numerology, horoscope and other future prediction tactics due to their vulnerability.

"Each moment of life is filled with the unknown...and those that profess they know the unknown, are either messengers from above, which would be hard to believe, or are merely on a commercial spree... problem is we as a race are so vulnerable to what the next holds for us... and these teachings are popular," the 72-year-old posted on his official blog srbachchan.tumblr.com.

The "Paa" actor seemed to ponder over this aspect of life after seeing horoscope coverage in some newspaper Thursday.

"Each magazine, paper, channel has that hour or page or column reserved for the predictions of the day year month, minute...just so many things that suddenly take up our attention and guidance. This mornings press for example had huge coverage of what the year holds for each astrological zodiacal chinese calendar of janam patri fame that told us all in no uncertain terms what to expect each day and month of the new year 2015," he further posted.

Meanwhile, the actor is gearing up for an array of upcoming movies like "Piku", "Wazir" and "Shamitabh".

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Amitabh Bachchan Upcoming Movies 2014 and 2015

Amitabh Bachchan Upcoming Movies 2014 and 2015


Shamitabh Movie Release Date 6 Feb 2015

 
Piku Movie 2015 Under Production

Hey Bro Movie 2015 Under Production

Wazir Movie 2015 Under Production

Hasmukh Pighal Gaya Movie 2015 Under Production

Aankhen 2 Movie 2015 Under Production

Hasmukh Pighal Gaya Movie Upcoming Movies 2015

Hasmukh Pighal Gaya Movie

 

Cast & Crew:

• Banner

• Sanjay Dutt Productions Pvt. Ltd

• Status

• Under Production

• Release Date

• 2015

• Genre

• Comedy

• Star Cast

• Armaan Ralhan
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• Anindita Nayar
•  
• Amitabh Bachchan
•  
• Sanjay Dutt
•  
• Rocky Verma

• Censor Details:

• Censor Dates

• Not Available.

• Censor Certificate No

• Not Available.

• Runtime

• Not Available.

• Certification

• Not Available.

• Reels

• Not Available.

• Length in metres

• 0.0

Color

C

Language

Hindi

Director

• Sejal Shah

• Shooting Location(City & Country)

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• India

Wazir Movie Upcoming Movies 2015

 Wazir Movie Upcoming Movies


Wazir is an upcoming 2015 Hindi drama starring Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar, Aditi Rao Hydari and directed by Bejoy Nambiar. The first shot of movie was taken on 28 September 2014 in Mumbai

Wazir Movie

 
Directed by    Bejoy Nambiar

Produced by    Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Rajkumar Hirani

Written by    Abhijat Joshi
Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Starring    

Amitabh Bachchan

Farhan Akhtar

Aditi Rao Hydari

Music by    Shantanu Moitra

Cinematography    Sanu Varghese

Edited by    A. Sreekar Prasad

Rajkumar Hirani

Production

company   
Vinod Chopra Productions

Rajkumar Hirani Films

Distributed by    Reliance Entertainment
Release dates    6 March 2015

Country    India

Language    Hindi

A working Christmas for Amitabh Bachchan

A working Christmas for Amitabh Bachchan

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, currently busy shooting Bejoy Nambiar's 'Wazir', will celebrate Christmas on the sets of the film.

The 72-year-old actor will be seen sharing screen with director-actor Farhan Akhtar and Aditi Rao Hydari in the upcoming drama.


"Tomorrow though, here in Mumbai it will be on set for 'Wazir', and work. I suppose it is for the best to be so. I would be working on New Year's too in the early years," Bachchan posted on his blog.

Bachchan has had a very busy year. Although he had just one release- 'Bhoothnath Returns', he was occupied with his hosting duties on a popular gaming-reality show and shooting three films back-to-back. He recently wrapped up shooting or R Balki's 'Shamitabh' and Shoojit Sircar's 'Piku'.

He wished all his fans saying, "But tonight I wish all a most prosperous and Happy Christmas, and a beautiful New Year. May 2015 bring greater prosperity, love and peace among all of us and the world."

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Wazir Movie starring Amitabh Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar out

 Wazir teaser starring Amitabh Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar out


Trailer of Farhan Akhtar and Amitabh Bachchan starrer Wazir is out now and guess what? It looks smashing.

The Vidhu Vinod Chopra/RajKumar Hirani/Bejoy Nambiar film looks like a total winner with intense Farhan and intriguing Amitabh Bachchan locked in mind game.


Bachchan plays a paralysed chess grandmaster in the movie and Farhan plays an ATS officer in the film.

The film, which also stars Aditi Rao Hyadri in a prominent role, is being directed by Bejoy Nambiar, and is written and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra.

Farhan Akhtar shared the 1:19 mins teaser with fans on twitter.

  Farhan Akhtar        ✔ @FarOutAkhtar Follow

Gives me great pleasure to present the teaser of 'Wazir'. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Ts0wC8LRM&feature=youtu.be … @nambiarbejoy @SrBachchan @aditiraohydari

 

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