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 !