The Amitabh Bachchan Subject

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Unusually Amitabh



Bemisal (1982)
This Hrishikesh Mukherjee film pits Amitabh Bachchan with Vinod Mehra, as both play doctors and great friends -- in love with the same woman, Rakhi.

Bachchan, at his absolute noblest, decides that the rich, successful Mehra would be able to give Rakhi a better life. He persuades her to marry Vinod. Later, the cunning Mehra goofs up and is about to be jailed for malpractice, but Bachchan falsely confesses and goes to jail on his -- and her -- behalf.



Black (2005)
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's superbly shot reworking of The Miracle Worker cast Amitabh as the British-accented Debraj Sahai, a tough teacher brought in to properly school the blind, deaf and dumb Michelle McNally (played by an excellent Ayesha Kapoor when young, and eventually by Rani Mukerji).

The trials and tribulations of the teacher and student continue, and as we finally see in the film's finest scene, they develop feelings for one another. That kiss is the moment where Black hits its crescendo.

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Opschudding door Bollywood film ‘Nishabd’

De Bollywoodfilm ‘Nishabd’, met in de hoofdrol Bollywood mega ster Amitabh Bachchan en nieuwkomer Jiah Khan, heeft voor opschudding gezorgd. De film, die gebaseerd is op het boek Lolita, gaat over een oudere man (Amitabh Bachchan) die verliefd wordt op een 19-jarig meisje (Jiah Khan). Volgens de demonstranten is de film geen ‘echte’ Bollywoodfilm omdat het te veel beïnvloed is door de Westerse cultuur en het niet de normen en waarden van de Indiase cultuur heeft.

De film is pas in de bioscopen uitgebracht. Verschillende demonstranten hebben de film in de bioscoop verstoord en ook enkele posters vernield. Amitabh Bachchan was te gast bij het programma CNN-IBN en vertelde dat de film een onderwerp behandeld, dat nogal onbespreekbaar is maar steeds vaker voorkomt. Ook vertelde hij dat hij Jiah Khan een mooie jonge dame vindt, maar dat hij haar ziet als zijn eigen dochter.
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Exclusive: Big B on Nishabd

CNN-IBN
He is India’s most recognizable face and arguably the greatest star in the Mumbai film industry. Over the years, he has been the one man who has towered over India's popular culture.

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AB to Zee

Now Amitabh Bachchan's AB Corp is ready to produce television shows, reportedly for Zee TV



The almost non-existent Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited (AB Corp) is now making a foray into television production. The production company, which had recently co-produced a play Lali-Lila, is set to make fresh investments in family soaps and reality television shows for leading channels. With the KBC controversy refusing to die down, Big B has now decided to keep Star India Pvt Ltd out of his list. After much haggling around the production house, he is presently in talks with Zee TV. Sources from the channel indicate that they're keen on having an association with AB Corp.

A reliable source informs, "With Shah Rukh taking over KBC and Amitabh's consequential fallout with Star, the ongoing SRK-Bachchan war has heated up further. AB Corp is looking at different multimedia options to invest in. After having produced a Hindi play, Lali-Lila, recently they are looking at TV serials. However, their first choice was Star. They even considered Sony. But they did not go ahead with Sony as it is not doing well as far as TRPs are concerned. On the other hand, Zee has revived itself tremendously in the past two years with its flagship shows like Kasamh Se and Saat Phere. So, it's an obvious move. Zee also has shown immense interest in AB Corp."

With Abhishek Bachchan appearing as a celebrity judge in an episode of Zee Cinestars Ki Khoj and Amitabh Bachchan participating in Titan Antakshari, sources from the channel are positive about an alliance. A source from the channel reveals, "Our association with AB Corp has become stronger after a series of meetings held over a period of time. Needless to say, Amitabh Bachchan participated in a special episode of Titan Antakshari for the visually-impaired participants on February 27 and spent considerable time on the sets. We are considering a lot of projects, both fiction and non-fiction. "

As for the budget, the production house is ready to invest a whopping Rs 20-25 lakh per episode, which involves getting A-grade telly stars and ensuring excellent production values. In the days to come the channel will draw the curtains on a few shows paving way for a new bunch produced by AB Corp.

However, Ashish Kaul, senior vice president of Zee refuses to divulge details. He says, "We are getting a lot of proposals from several production houses. And yes, AB Corp is one of them. Things are in its initial stages and a concrete plan is yet to be materialised. "

The ABC of ABCL

Amitabh Bachchan in association with his wife Jaya had floated his production house ABCL to venture into film production, audio cassettes and event management. ABCL produced several films including Mani Ratnam's Bombay and Shekhar Kapoor's Bandit Queen. It also hosted the Miss World Pageant, in Bangalore, the first of its kind in India. But ABCL's luck soon ran out and the company suffered severe losses, which ran into crores of rupees. After almost a decade, Amitabh cleared the dues by hosting KBC and acting in an extraordinarily large number of movies.





http://www.mumbaimi rror.com/ net/mmpaper. aspx?Page= article&sectid=12&contentid=200703030 424421714baa32da

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Big B's day at the CNN-IBN office

CNN-IBN
Mumbai: Big B is easily the biggest crowd puller in Bollywood and outside it. He dropped in at CNN-IBN's Mumbai office and it was complete craziness with people pulling out camera phones and queuing up to catch a glimpse of their favourite star.

http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/34855/big-bs...ibn-office.html

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Who's the daddy

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Nishabd eerste voorstelling reakties:

http://www.indiafm.com/broadband/video/Fir...Of-Nishabd.html

niet zo positief! komt denk ik doordat men het niet zo snel kan accepteren dat zo een oude man verliefd raakt op een hele jonge dame van 18 ... men vindt het niet kunnen, maar je hoort dat men juist de performance van die 2 heel goed vond en in het bijzonder Amitabh Bachchan!

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