Big B completes 40 yrs in cinema
Amitabh Bachchan receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from actress Preity Zinta at the 11th Mumbai Film Festival in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)
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His oeuvre ranges from rib-tickling comedies to tearjerkers to subtle, nuanced performances in art-house films. It can be said without doubt that there is nothing in acting that Bachchan hasn't tried. "I have given almost two-thirds of my life to the Indian film industry. I remember in 1968 I had appeared for a screen test whose result never came out. Then in 1969 director Khwaj Ahmad Abbas gave me a break in his film Saat Hindustani and my journey started," added Bachchan. (Photo: AFP)
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Veteran Bollywood actor Dev Anand's production house Navketan Films was also felicitated for completing 60 years. The prize distribution ceremony started with Mumbai Young Critics Jury Award, which was given to "Whisper With the Wind" directed by Sahram Alidi.
Seen in this pic is Preity Zinta. (Photo: AFP) -
After a weeklong exposure to international cinema, 20 young critics viewed 27 movies from the two categories, International Competition and Above the Cut. After watching and re-watching the selected films, and with constant discussions, arguments and debates, Whisper With the Wind was finally selected.
