Amitabh Bachchan - Big B agrees to become Brand Ambassador of Gujarat.
Bollywood Legend Amitabh Bachchan has agreed to become brand ambassador of Gujarat to promote its tourism potential and other development works.
This was conveyed by the actor in a letter to Chief Minister Narendra Modi, official sources said today.
In January, Mr Bachhan was in GandhinagarCity Gujarat to seek Mr Modi's help for his new film 'Paa', which was later exempted from tax by the Gujarat State Government. Both viewed the film at a multiplex also.
On that occasion, Mr Bachchan was much impressed with Mr Modi's style of functioning and had offered to promote the state's tourism potential.
Superstar of Bollywood Amitabh Bachchan has offered to become the brand ambassador of Gujarat.
During the special screening of his latest film ‘Paa’ with Gujarat C M Narendra Modi at a multiplex in Gandhinagar, Bachchan said reporters, “There are lots of good things in Gujarat which should be promoted. I am ready to give my voice and face for the promotion of Gujarat tourism.”
Bachchan said, “The main motive of my visit is to promote my film ‘Paa’ which deals with many sensitive issues and I wish Gujarat government makes the film tax free”.
C M Narendra Modi also thanked Mr. Bachchan for his interest in promoting Gujarat tourism and said that Hindi films have a huge influence on the Indian society.Modi said, “I myself am influenced by Bachchan, after all I am a common man”.
When reporters asked Bachchan, “Do you think Modi is Big B of politics?” He said, “I can’t compare myself with Modi. Inke baare main kya bolu. (What can I say about this man)” “He is doing a good job as a chief minister in Gujarat. His efforts are commendable,” he said.
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The year was 1969 and a young 27-year-old - tall and lanky - aspiring actor named Amitabh Bachchan made his big screen debut in Khwaja Ahmad Abbas' Saat Hindustani.
The film, which released exactly 40 years ago on November 7, saw Amitabh Bachchan play the role of a Muslim poet who joins six other commandos to liberate Goa from the Portuguese.
Amitabh Bachchan bagged the National Award for best newcomer that year, but everyone thought his unconventional looks would go against him in showbiz. However four decades later the actor is a living legend who is still going strong.
Romance, comedy, drama, action, suspense, emotion, and song and dance - whatever a Bollywood film demands, the Big B delivers. In the last four decades, Amitabh Bachchan has acted in over 150 films and still inspires the next generation of actors and filmmakers.
At 67 years of age, when most actors of his generation have gone off the radar, the icon continues to push the envelope his latest role being that of a 13-year-old in his next release Paa!
Every time his professional obituary has been written, the actor has bounced back. From the angry young man in the '70s and '80s to television's most popular host in the new millennium and now to an icon who has reinvented himself on the big screen, the legend of Amitabh Bachchan continues.
