Wednesday, July 28, 2010

New rupee symbol in KBC logo courtesy Big B

New rupee symbol in KBC logo, courtesy Big B

New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has given a peek into the new logo of the upcoming fourth season of "Kaun Banega Crorepati", which he is set to host. The logo also flaunts the new rupee symbol.

"Insisted Sony to incorporate the new rupee symbol in the KBC logo. They did. Looking so cool," Amitabh posted on his Twitter page.

The 67-year-old also uploaded a picture of the logo on his blog www.bigb.bigadda.

The centre of the round logo has six of the new Indian rupee symbols strategically placed to make it appear as a wheel.

The new symbol for the Indian rupee is an amalgam of the Devnagiri 'Ra' and the Roman capital 'R' without the stem.

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Friday, July 23, 2010

Big B’s French inspiration

Big B's French inspiration

Chief guest Amitabh Bachchan delivered an emotional speech about reciting his father's poems in Paris, stating, "in cinema and culture, France leads and the rest of the world follows. 

Bonjour India event was an inspiration." Hosts French Consul General Francois and Mayumi Pujolas beamed joyously, for Bastille Day, celebrated as French National Day is Mumbai's most looked forward to high society event. 

Nanik Rupani, Mahendra Sanghi, Gul Kripalani, Sumit Mullick mingled with Dutch CG Marijke Van Drunen Littel, Canadian CG Marvin Hildebrand, Thailand CG Tomwat and Margo Jarnson, Bharati Mongia, Tony and Sherry Singh, Dilip Jhangiani and Farzin Moutonnet and the thousand exclusive guests burst into applause when Bachchanji reminded us that 14th of July is also the date when the Kargil War was won. 

Raell Padamsee, Anil Dharker and Poonam Soni engaged in conversation as Fahad Samar caught up with Ashwini Kakkar. Narendra Kumar was seen enjoying the company of friends. Also enjoying the jubilations were Pravina and Jamal Mecklai, Devieka Bhojwani, Zeba Kohli, Naaz and Remu Zaveri, Talat and Bina Aziz, Dilip Dandekar, Jaideep Mehrotra and Esther and Raju Daswani. 

After champagne and dinner the guests swung onto the dance floor with abandon. Piloo Tata set the floor on fire with Turkish CG Murat Yoruk, Vinod Advani followed with Khorshed Mehta, everyone applauded jivers Terry and Effi Desouza and the dancing went on till the wee hours of the morning. Overheard as we were leaving, "Why don't all national days have dancing?" Sante is all we can say. 
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Big B to endorse ESPN for T20 matches

Big B to endorse ESPN for T20 matches (Film Snippets)  

New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been roped in to endorse sports channel ESPN for the Champions League T20 tournament to be held in South Africa in September.


The 67-year-old shot for the promotional films and stills for the event Wednesday, he posted on his blog www.bigb.bigadda.com.

"Thankfully it has all gone off well and I have just completed the dub for what we shot in the morning. But the rush and the speed with which it all had to be done was some kind of a marvel," he wrote. 

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Friday, July 9, 2010

Amitabh To work with Balki Again

Amitabh To work with Balki Again  

Mumbai, July 9 (IANS) He gave an award-winning performance as a progeric child in R. Balakrishnan's (Balki) hit film "Paa" and now Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is planning to work with him again.

"Sitting with RBalki is always a refreshing experience and this evening we talked of so many issues and so many film possibilities and so many stories that need to be made.

"He narrated four-five ideas and they were all fantastic. Problem is which one to start, and start first," Amitabh posted on his blog.

Amitabh worked with Balki in "Paa" and "Cheeni Kum".

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Big B Interview on KBC

I was merely a fortunate bystander: Big B on KBC (Interview)  

By Subhash K. Jha 

Mumbai, July 9 (IANS) Amitabh Bachchan, who is set to host "Kaun Banega Crorepati" (KBC) for the third time, refuses to take credit for turning the game show into a phenomenon when it was launched in 2000 with him as the host.



"I was merely a fortunate bystander that climbed on to the KBC joy ride. I am happy that it worked," Amitabh, 67, said. 

He feels the show worked because "KBC conceptually was brilliant in its design. There was drama, learning, suspense and thrills all rolled into one. Its presentation was something that had been pioneering for Indian television. All these factors worked in its favour".

The fourth season will go on air before the year ends. 

Excerpts from an interview:

Q: You are back on KBC though on a different channel this time. What made you agree to host the show a third time?

A: Sony TV now has the rights for KBC and they approached me. They shared with me their research and the changes that they wished to incorporate in the show and I agreed. 

Q: Earlier you also hosted "Bigg Boss". Doesn't television eat into the precious time that you have for movies?

A; No it does not. The schedules get planned accordingly and film and TV get different slots and it all works out. I was also not shooting any film during the time of "Bigg Boss" and its very likely that for KBC also the film shoot shall begin after the season is over. But even if it were not to, adjustments in dates would be made and incorporated.

Q: KBC changed the relationship between cinema and television forever. No other game show since then has had the same impact. Do you in some ways, feel responsible for bringing cinema closer to the home medium?

A: That is too large a credit that you put on my shoulders. Innovators of the game show, its presenters and broadcasters and then the public are the ones that decide what shall work and how. I was merely a fortunate bystander that climbed on to the KBC joy ride. I am happy that it worked. This is not the first example of such a fusion. It has happened many times before, both here and in the West.

Q: Not too many television shows after KBC featuring your colleagues have seen the success of KBC. Why do you think KBC remains one of its kind?

A: I would firstly disagree that shows featuring my colleagues were not successful or as large as KBC. They have all done well - Shah Rukh (Khan), Salman (Khan) and several others have all had their value and continue to have their importance. 

KBC conceptually was brilliant in its design. There was drama, learning, suspense and thrills all rolled into one. Its presentation was something that had been pioneering for Indian television. All these factors worked in its favor.

Q: You've done two seasons of KBC. How would Season 3 be different?

A: Its host and anchor is 10 years older and wears glasses!!

Q: Your connect with the home viewing audience has proven to be exceptional. How do you intend to carry that connectivity forward this time?

A: The format of the show is binding by contract, but yes, there are some innovations that will be different from the earlier one. The channel does not wish me to disclose this right now. They wish to bring that up at an appropriate time.

Q: Anil Kapoor played KBC host in "Slumdog Millionaire". Do you think he did the role well?

A: Yes, he was very good.

Q: You've so far done only non-fiction on television. Are you at all tempted to take up one of the many soaps that are being offered to you?

A: There has not been a concrete proposal to do a soap, but if there were to be one I would not mind considering it.

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