Amitabh jumps to Aishwarya's rescue

Just a day after Madhur Bhandarkar expressed his disappointment over having been kept in the dark about Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's  pregnancy, Amitabh Bachchan spoke up in Ash's defense in an interview to Mumbai-based newspaper DNA.

The Big B is apparently miffed with reports that Ash's backing out of Heroine has resulted in monetary losses to the production house to the tune of Rs 18 crore. He said that all such reports are false.

Bachchan argued that every actor has a right to get married and have children. 'Everybody knew that Aishwarya was married when she signed the film. So you mean to say that actors can't get married or have children? I don't think this can be a part of any contract that you cannot get married or have children if you working in a project,' Amitabh told the newspaper.

The actor is also upset with UTV, the production house. Shoebite, his film with the studio that he'd shot for a while ago, is still to see the light of the day.

While Ash has refrained from making any comments on the developments so far, a source says that she wasn't paid anythng for the film.

Amitabh not an Indian claims Pakistani

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan may not be Indian after all, if the claims of a Pakistani man are to be believed.

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Jaffar Hussain, a resident of Nawanpind, Faisalabad (Pakistan), claims that Bachchan is his younger brother, according to a Geo News report.

Hussain says Bachchan, accompanied by one Amir Badshah, fled to Karachi and then crossed the border into the Indian port city of Mumbai when he was 14 years old.

He even claims that Bachchan’s ‘real name’ is Subh Sadiq and their father Abdul Haq, a goldsmith, had filed a complaint against Badshah in 1963.

According to Hussain, Bachchan always displayed a keen interest in films.

Bachchan, born on October 11, 1942, in Allahabad, is the eldest son of Harivansh Rai Bachchan, a renowned Hindi poet, and Teji Bachchan, who hailed from Faisalabad.

He schooling took place in Gyana Prabodhini and Boys High School, Allahabad and Sherwood College, Nainital. He graduated from Kirorimal College, Delhi University. Before coming to Mumbai and taking up an acting career, Bachchan was working in Bird and Co in Kolkata.

Amitabh Bachchan signs for two more seasons of ‘KBC’

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who made a roaring comeback to the small screen with the fourth season of the game show “Kaun Banega Crorepati” on Sony Entertainment Television last year, has been signed on for the next two seasons as well.

“Sony and I have signed on for KBC for the next two seasons… your blessings and encouragement needed in abundance!” Amitabh posted on his Twitter page.

“Kaun Banega Crorepati”, the Indian version of internationally popular show “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?”, was first launched in 2000 on STAR Plus with Amitabh as the host. The show returned for its second season in 2005 once again with Amitabh, but superstar Shah Rukh Khan was roped in as the host of its third season on STAR Plus.

Sony Entertainment Television brought back the show with Amitabh in 2010, and it recieved an overwhelming response, before it ended in December.

Now the channel is excited to carry forward their association.

“We have certainly tied up with Mr. Bachchan for the next two seasons of KBC. The next season will be on this year itself, but we have not planned when it will go on air,” Ajit Thakur, executive vice president and business head, Sony Entertainment Television, told IANS.