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Amitabh Bachchan has penned down an interesting blog this time. The topic he has chosen deals with women shopping tendency.

The write-up appears to be an exact scenario of females on shopping. Few extracts from his blog:

Shopping can be equally enjoyable! Many of the male species would disagree.

Shopping for them is an adventure, a treasure hunt. Its an entire film story that has a definite beginning a middle and an end. Most of the time ! Nothing is instant and quick. These terms do not exist in the diary. They shall walk into a store with the impression to the shop keeper that it is likely that they shall buy up the entire store. This is most effectively conveyed through speech, attitude and gesture.. With each seductive turn of the body to admire the product now upon them, there is opinion sought from those that accompany on what they think of selected item. When accompaniment agrees to its fit and elegance and beauty, they shall be subjected to a well meaning query as to why accompaniment thinks so. If not, an argument on the merits and demerits of its presence on body shall be animatedly pursued.
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Amid the ongoing debate over caste census, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan said Wednesday that he and his family does not believe in caste system.

Bachchan stated that, if he would be asked to mention his caste, he would straightaway answer Indian.

Census enumerators came calling on the Bachchan household, prompting Amitabh to express his views on the issue of caste census.

“Wary of the sensitivity that this has raised recently by politicians, they keep away from it. They reason that they would wait for some government decision on this.

I tell them irrespective of what the system decides, my answer is ready – caste, Indian,” he wrote on his blog bigb.bigadda.com.

Big B says that his father, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, a noted Hindi poet and litterateur, never believed in caste system.
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is suffering from multiple hernia in his lower abdomen that have swollen up and cause him sharp pain whenever he exerts himself. Doctors have advised surgery, which he has been avoiding due to his busy schedule, the Big B has revealed.

Amitabh has already undergone three surgeries ever since he met with an accident on the sets of “Coolie” in 1982.

“… a stomach surgery, indeed two in quick succession always have the possibility of hernia developing. And that is what is of concern now. There are now two urgent hernia in the lower abdomen which have swelled up dangerously and cause me problems,” Big B posted on his blog on Sunday night.

“Sharp pains when I stand for too long or walk too much. During dance and action scenes there is huge pain and I counter that with a hernia belt which is temporary and not really a cure.

“So the doctors have been after me for a surgery, well two actually on either side of the abdomen and I have been avoiding it because of my busy schedule. But I shall have to take care of it now,” he wrote.
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Amitabh Bachchan will receive a lifetime achievement award at the sixth edition of the Muscat International Film Festival starting March 13.

“In a few days it will be Muscat in the Sultanate of Oman and the International Film Festival, where there shall be decoration for a Lifetime of Achievement,” the 67-year-old posted on his blog bigb.bigadda.com.

Other Indian artists expected to attend the film festival are Shabana Azmi, Mohanlal and Resul Pookutty.

About 72 films from 20 countries are expected to be screened at the festival.

Amitabh Bachchan defended his decision to boycott the Filmfare awards, where he was adjudged best actor for his role in ‘Paa’, saying he did it to protest against the “slanderous” media report about his daughter-in-law Aishwarya.

“The article was indecent and any man in the world must oppose if such an obscene article is written about a woman in his family,” the 68-year-old actor said on his blog.

The veteran movie star termed the article in a city-based tabloid, as “slanderous”.

Lambasting the report Bachchan said “the modesty of a lady in my house was slandered… the article slandered Aishwarya, so it was very difficult to participate in a function organised by the same media house.”

No women would like her personal issues such as fertility or motherhood being discussed in this manner, he added.

With his each and every step this legendary actor, seems to have done it all, but every times he comes up with something bigger. After trying out almost every personality, Amitabh Bachchan will take the seat of a news reader for popular news channel and said to be taking on an hour-long news slot.

Sources are to be believed that here the actor will cover important global issues of 2009 and this will be broadcasted toady in a popular satellite news channel with a view to round-up the year.This activity, in fact, is a part of the promotional exercise for Ram Gopal Varma’s Rann.

Also sources add that Big B seems to have taken upon himself to promote his films in the guise of the character he plays, instead of ‘Amitabh Bachchan’ himself.

In Rann, Bachchan plays Vijay Harshvardhan Malik, owner of a news channel.

Its quite shocking but a lawsuit has been filed in a court charging Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan with violating the disabilities act through his latest film “Paa” in which he plays a 13-year-old boy suffering from progeria, which accelerates the ageing process. Big B has been accused of poking fun at people with disabilities. The case has been filed by Patna High Court lawyer Shruti Singh in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate under The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995. It has also been filed against “Paa” director R. Balkrishna.

“I filed a case in the court demanding a probe into whether ‘Paa’ violated the act or not,” Singh said.

“My stand is simple: If it violated the disability act, the authorities should act against the producer and actors of the film for making a joke of disabled people,” she added. She said the court will hear the case next week. According to Singh, the act is guided by the philosophy of empowering people with disabilities and their associates. The act endeavors to introduce an instrument for promoting equality and participation of people with disabilities on the one hand, and eliminating discrimination of all kinds on the other.

Amitabh Bachchan, who caught up with actors Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif on the sets of reality show Bigg Boss 3 recently, is all praises for the latter and says she is a “modern day marvel”. “Katrina is a modern day marvel. From a non-Hindi speaking young shy and uncertain lady of Boom, she has grown and grown to become one of the most desired actresses in our fraternity,” Amitabh posted on his blog bigb.bigadda.com.

While Amitabh hosts the reality show, Ranbir and Katrina had appeared to promote their film Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, which released on Friday.

“They (Ranbir and Katrina) were charming and involved and sweet. Ranbir as you all know is related to me. His cousin – Rishi Kapoor’s elder sister’s son is married to Shweta, my daughter.
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Amitabh Bachchan has criticized Slumdog Millionaire’s success and believes it only made big internationally because of its Western director- Danny Boyle.

Slumdog Millionaire has come not only under Big B’s ire but also many Indians feel that the flick only focused on the bad and under developed part of India.

Big B wrote on his blog, “If SM (Slumdog Millionaire) projects India as a Third World dirty underbelly developing nation and causes pain and disgust among nationalists and patriots, let it be known that a murky underbelly exists and thrives even in the most developed nations.”

“It’s just that the SM idea, authored by an Indian and conceived and cinematically put together by a Westerner, gets creative (Golden) Globe recognition. The other would perhaps not.”
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Though they belong to totally different generations and have done a generation-challenged and challenging love story together, fate seems to have bonded Amitabh Bachchan and Tabu is an strange an inextricable clasp.

After doing Cheeni Kam a completely contemporary take on marriage and gender equations, the Big B and Tabu now go back to several centuries for a film on the life of Emperor Ashoka.

Entitled The Legend Of Kunal the film is to be directed by Chandraprakash Diwedi. It will be produced by Mr Bachchan’s company AB Corp Ltd

What comes as a surprise is to know that the progressively-reclusive Hyderabad-based Tabu has finally given the nod to a film after almost a year, her first since Balki’s Cheeni Kam which was not an easy project to go through for either the actress or the crew.
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Amitabh Bachchan, who is said to be the legend of Indian Hindi cinema, has finally disclosed his fears. Recently on the music release function of Singh is Kinng when Salman walked in with her beau Katrina, Amitabh soon jumped on to his legs and walked away without even informing the cast and crew of Singh is Kinng.  

Salman’s and Aishwarya’s affair is still haunting big B till date and this is said to be the reason for his exit. It is reported that Amitabh agreed to come to the function of the music release on the basis that he will be only chief guest for the functions. But Vipul Shah who is the director of this film also welcomed Salman when he wanted to accompany his beau Katrina who happens to be the female lead in this film. 

Seeing this Amitabh made a quick exist. Actually he was to host the function and also had to release the music. But this entire program was done by Sallu Bhai. When Vipul called to Amitabh, the old man tried to dominate him. But Vipul hinted that now the time of the old man has gone and if he wishes to mingle with the young blood can come on.  

But Amitabh was afraid of Salman and so made a quick exit. Aishwarya Rai marriage with Abhishek has made Amitabh a hated person in the film industry.  

Will this mess end up in a happy ending; all this will be known as time passes?