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On the 68th birthday of his formerrival and "old time friend" Amitabh Bachchan, actor-politicianShatrughan Sinha has congratulated him and invited themegastar to the premier of his movie Rakta Charitra.
"I wish him (Bachchan) a long and healthy life and praythat he continues to serve the country and his fans withhis films for many more years," Sinha told PTI.
The two stars were the leading 'jodi' (duo) in Bollywood,ruling the box-office during the 70's with hits like KalaPathar, Shaan, Naseeb and Dostana, but had a publicfall-out over recent years.
Sinha had reacted strongly when Bachchan did not invitehim to son Abhishek's wedding and had refused to accept thepost-marriage tokens sent out to the film fraternity.
Sinha had also on occasions taken digs at Big B forbagging awards for himself and his family through his personalconnections.
But Sinha says that the hatchet has been buried. "Despite ups and down in our relations I hold Bachchanin high regard and always wished him well as a old timefriend," said Sinha.
"Performance, character and consistency of Bachchan isremarkable and unmatched in terms of cinema, art and culture,"he added.
Sinha said he would be happy if Bachchan comes to thepremier of Ramgopal Verma's Rakta Charitra.
The film made in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil will see Sinhaplay the role of a politician modelled on Telugu Desam leaderand former Andhra Pradesh chief minister NT Rama Rao.
On the 68th birthday of his formerrival and "old time friend" Amitabh Bachchan, actor-politicianShatrughan Sinha has congratulated him and invited themegastar to the premier of his movie Rakta Charitra.
"I wish him (Bachchan) a long and healthy life and praythat he continues to serve the country and his fans withhis films for many more years," Sinha told PTI.
The two stars were the leading 'jodi' (duo) in Bollywood,ruling the box-office during the 70's with hits like KalaPathar, Shaan, Naseeb and Dostana, but had a publicfall-out over recent years.
Sinha had reacted strongly when Bachchan did not invitehim to son Abhishek's wedding and had refused to accept thepost-marriage tokens sent out to the film fraternity.
Sinha had also on occasions taken digs at Big B forbagging awards for himself and his family through his personalconnections.
But Sinha says that the hatchet has been buried. "Despite ups and down in our relations I hold Bachchanin high regard and always wished him well as a old timefriend," said Sinha.
"Performance, character and consistency of Bachchan isremarkable and unmatched in terms of cinema, art and culture,"he added.
Sinha said he would be happy if Bachchan comes to thepremier of Ramgopal Verma's Rakta Charitra.
The film made in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil will see Sinhaplay the role of a politician modelled on Telugu Desam leaderand former Andhra Pradesh chief minister NT Rama Rao.
