Amitabh Bachchan's new personality in Paa

Amitabh Bachchan accomplished the feat of talking and singing in a 12-year-old child’s voice, thanks to the specially designed dentures he used for his role in Paa.

The dentures were made especially for Amitabh’s character Auro in the film. The shape and size of the dentures transform Amitabh’s voice and give him a lisp. The dentures were worn by Amitabh throughout the film's shooting and also while dubbing. According to director Balki, they changed Amitabh’s personality completely.

Meanwhile, the title song that is sang by Amitabh was sent to them by Ilaiyaraja, who had recorded it in his own voice. Amitabh then sung it himself and sent back to Ilaiyaraja who then mixed it.

Big B gets 2.25 CRORE Per Episode in Big Boss

Amitabh Bachchan will be paid Rs 2.25 per episode of Bigg Boss. Previously, it was said that he would be paid Rs 1.25 crore per episode but later he was signed at the big amount. The show will have 84 episodes and he will appear once in a week at the elimination day and also on the special episodes of wild card entries. From this reality show, he will earn a big sum between Rs 30 to Rs 40 crore.

"When Amitabh Bachchan was approached for the show, the channel and the production house expected the payment figures to be big," the source said. "Negotiations started with Rs4 crore per episode and ended at about Rs2.25 crore. The channel decided to invest big money to create maximum buzz."

Big B joins Shiamak's Party

Shiamak Davar and Reebok have tied up to bring out their line of sports wear. And last evening was the official launch. Going by the pictures our photographer clicked at the event, we feel we missed one of the best parties ever.

Not only were Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek there, but other celebrities like Reema Sen, Diya Mirza and Jackie Bhagnani also helped enliven things.

However, what really caught our attention were Shiamak's dancers - they scorched the stage and forced the models (who followed them onto the stage) to really crank up their catwalk to make an impression. Check out the pictures if you don't believe us.

A Book on Big B

The occasion was the release of Bachchanalia, a book on Amitabh Bachchan memorabilia, written by Bhawna Somaiya and published by Osian.

Audience tossed questions at AB who was there to announce the release of the book Bachchanalia . Bachchan spoke on everything from the state of Indian cinema to the much-acclaimed film Slumdog Millionnaire and AR Rahman’s numerous nominations at the Oscars.

“I am a bad reader,” Big B confessed at a point.

“ I think that we are very happy making the kind of films we have because we have to cater to the 1.2 billion people of this country. But I do believe that our creativity and our talent is not inferior to anyone else’s in the world,” said Bachchan senior.

With reference to the Oscar nominations announced recently, he quipped,” A R Rahman has won numerous nominations. We hope and pray that he wins lots of awards and make the nation proud.”

Bachchan’s visit generated a huge response from the public as each nook and corner leading to the Diggi Palace was jam packed with cars and two wheelers well three hours before the book launch. Just everyone wanted to grab a vantage point to be up close with the biggest living legend of Indian cinema,

The publishers announced that Amitabh Bachchan will autograph books that are bought from the stalls and there was a rush towards the Osian stall and in a matter of minutes 50 copies of the Rs 3,000 books were sold. It was Bachchan mania in full throttle !

Big B takes a dig at Slumdog Millionaire

Amitabh Bachchan takes a dig at Slumdog Millionaire. Big B seems to be perturbed over projection of India as a poor third world country in the hugely successful film SlumDog Millionaire.The film has been in the news ever since its launch. It has gone on to win some big time awards including Golden Globe. The film also fetched a Golden Globe award to India’s musical genius AR Rahman.
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But Big B seems to be unhappy over the portrayal of India as a third world nation.

While writing on his blog Big B says, “If SM projects India as Third World dirty under belly developing nation and causes pain and disgust among nationalists and patriots, let it be known that a murky under belly exists and thrives even in the most developed nations.

He goes on to say, “Its just that the SM idea authored by an Indian and conceived and cinematically put together by a Westerner, gets creative Globe recognition. The other would perhaps not”.

He is also angry over world cinema bodies not recognizing the Indian cinema. “The commercial escapist world of Indian Cinema had vociferously battled for years , on the attention paid and the adulation given to the legendary Satyajit Ray at all the prestigious Film Festivals of the West, and not a word of appreciation for the entertaining mass oriented box office block busters that were being churned out from Mumbai. The argument. Ray portrayed reality. The other escapism, fantasy and incredulous posturing. Unimpressive for Cannes and Berlin and Venice. But look how rapidly all that is changing. Retrospectives in Paris and New York. Dedicated TV channels running Hindi cinema on prime timings. Premiers at Leiscester Square, the home of all Hollywood royalty, thronged by hundreds on the street in cold biting weather. Affable recognition at most corners of the universe… And a dear friend from Los Angeles wires in that Hollywood is abuzz with India and the phenomenal talent that exists there. We’re talking cinema still” adds the actor.