This Article is From Dec 13, 2010

In bid to save tigers, Amitabh auctions sunglasses to son

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Highlights

  • In a bid to save the tiger from
  • extinction, Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan today auctioned
  • his sunglasses for a whopping Rs 40 lakh to his son Abhishek
  • at Pench Tiger Reserve in eastern Madhya Pradesh.

  • In Pench for last two days to participate in a campaign
  • organised by NDTV, the megastar auctioned his
  • sunglasses over cell phone to contribute to the fund to save
  • the species which is facing a grave threat of extinction.

  • On the occasion, famous playback singer Shanker Mahadevan
  • enthralled audience with his songs.

Seoni (MP): In a bid to save the tiger fromextinction, Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan today auctionedhis sunglasses for a whopping Rs 40 lakh to his son Abhishekat Pench Tiger Reserve in eastern Madhya Pradesh.

In Pench for last two days to participate in a campaignorganised by NDTV, the megastar auctioned hissunglasses over cell phone to contribute to the fund to savethe species which is facing a grave threat of extinction.

On the occasion, famous playback singer Shanker Mahadevanenthralled audience with his songs.

While a forest guard Kamlesh was felicitated for puttinghis life at stake to save endangered species, a journalistSanjeev Choudhary was honoured for his reporting on wild life,especially the big cats.

Amitabh is scheduled to leave for Mumbai tomorrow morningby a special plane.
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