As Amitabh Bachchan turns 80 on Tuesday, fans of the Bollywood superstar are celebrating his life and work across the country, with some even gathering outside the actor’s home in Mumbai, India’s financial capital, at midnight.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined scores of other prominent figures in wishing the veteran actor on Twitter. PM Modi said Bachchan “is one of India’s most remarkable film personalities who has enthralled and entertained audiences across generations”.
A retrospective exhibition of his rare pictures and his early films is being shown in India to mark the occasion.
Beginning on Saturday, 8 October, a first-of-its kind festival of Bachchan’s landmark early films, organised by the non-profit Film Heritage Foundation, is being held held over four days at 22 cinemas in 17 cities across India.