Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan seems to be irked by constant copyright infringements and the illegal use of his name for the promotion of products. "I’ve called the lawyers and we will move court. This is what happens when people try to run a business through e-mails. And yes, the lesson

learnt is, unless you get down yourself on your hands and knees, nothing moves in the right direction," Amitabh wrote on his blog www.bigb.bigadda.com

"The morning till now has been full of incidents related to copyright protection, for, there have been greater examples and infringements being discovered," he added.

The actor explained how a company selling basmati rice called Lakshmi Foods has done an exact imagery of his reality show "Kaun Banega Crorepati" in an advertisement.

"The set, the computers, the questions, the contestant being asked from an over the shoulder shot, in suggestion and the voice being used again to ask a question on the product being marketed… this is so unethical and legally wrong," he wrote.

"Another huge infringement has taken place concerning Airtel, the mobile and telephone carrier, about yours truly and the opportunity to be able to talk to me for a fee. This is simply unacceptable, there is no signed deal at all for this and on questioning they inform through our Vog managers that it has been a mistake!"

Anil Kapoor who is currently enjoying his international status as a versatile actor had his dream come true around an hour ago. The actor who always dreamt of being someone like the iconic Big B ironically got the chance to warm the seat which once Mr. Bachchan use to when he appeared as a host of the original version of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ in the modern cult ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ which grabbed all the major awards last year.

At the just finished mahurat of Feroz Nadiadwala’s mega block buster ‘Power’ starring Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgan, Anil expressed his feelings for the iconic Big B who is also his role model. Anil said, “Role model like Amitji never change and working with him is like a dream come true.”

Mr. Bachchan in a ‘grey’ new avatar sitting next to Anil just smiled and said that working in this film is an honor and he has had a great association while working with the director Rajkumar Santosi in ‘Khakhee’ and then sarcastically concluded in order to give Sanjay and Ajay their chance to speak by saying, “If I say more over here, then my director will chop my lines.” Needless to add everybody smiled.

It was power Bollywood at the event which saw the biggies like Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgan, Feroz Nadiadwala, Prakash Jha, Rajkumar Santoshi, Boney Kapoor, Madhur Bhandarkar present at the occasion to congratulate Santoshi and Feroz Nadiadwala on the mahurat of their mega project.

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, whose performance as a 13-year-old dying of a fatal disease in ‘Paa’, won him his third National Award for Best Actor, says that the honour made him feel "worthy and wanted".

"Every award is most welcome, it makes you feel worthy and wanted. It is really a great moment for the entire family. I am very happy that Paa has won and Delhi-6 too, which has Abhishek in it," Bachchan told PTI.

“Paa’ won three more awards at the 57th National Awards here on Wednesday, Best Hindi Film, Best Make-up and Best Supporting Actress for Arundhati Nag.

Bachchan said that his wife Jaya was more happy for Abhishek than for him.
"Jaya is really happy, but she is more happy for Abhishek. Well, mothers are always partial to their children. It indeed calls for a family party but Abhishek is shooting on an island far away from here," said Bachchan.

Abhishek Bachchan meanwhile took to micro-blogging website Twitter to share the good news with everyone.
"My son just won the national award for his performance in Paa. I’m a very proud father on Wednesday. Paa has won 4 National Awards! So excuse me for a while going off to do the monkey dance!," wrote Abhishek.

Abhishek Bachchan was left in awe of his father, veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan’s performance as a media baron in Ram Gopal Varma’s “Rann”, so much so that he says India doesn’t deserve a talent like him.

“We don’t deserve a talent like Mr. Amitabh Bachchan. Don’t think we can make movies to fit his talent,” Abhishek posted on his Twitter page.

Abhishek, who was in the capital Thursday for the premiere of “Rann”, is also all praise for his friend Ritieish Deshmukh’s performance in “Rann”.

“Well done Riteish. His finest performance till date. Proved his versatility beautifully. Recognise people! Stop slotting him,” he added.

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan says Shah Rukh Khan left him in a jovial mood after the latter called him to confirm his presence at the premiere of upcoming film “Paa”.

“Shah Rukh has remained with me in the late afternoon. He is a very funny man and shakes me into joviality when I inform him about the premiere and his absolute presence there. He tells me, ‘He is already there, black suited and with anticipation of seeing ‘Paa’,” Amitabh posted on bigb.bigadda.com.

“Aamir too communicates today and confirms his presence,” he added.

The cast and crew of “Paa” – including Amitabh, Abhishek and director R. Balakrishnan have major plans for the film’s premiere Dec 3 in Mumbai.

Amitabh plays a 12-year-old progeria patient in “Paa” and he had to stick on several pieces of specially crafted clay to get the right look for the movie. The disease causes premature ageing among children.

International make-up artist Stephan Dupuis designed Big B’s look and the megastar had to sit for five-six hours for the make-up.

The 67-year-old says he is now anxious about how the audience and critics will react to the film.

“Slowly but surely the jig saw puzzle will begin to unfold. The test of all our hours and hours of effort at the film shall now be up for scrutiny. And within two hours and 14 minutes the verdict shall be passed. Once passed, shall remain passed. Such is the destiny of those that participate in this wondrous game of filmmaking,” he said.

Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan are leaving no stone unturned to promote their upcoming films ‘Paa’ and ‘3 Idiots’ respectively – the two are meeting Sunday to discuss marketing gimmicks for both the films.‘Paa’ is releasing Dec 4, while ‘3 Idiots’ hits the screens Dec 25.

‘Aamir comes over Sunday at my initiative to discuss a few promotional points for our respective films. It is always a joy to meet him… We have always spent time together discussing various topics of common interest and yes films is one of them. Lets see how things go,’ Amitabh posted on his blog www.bigb.bigadda.com Saturday.

Aamir, who excels at promotional gimmicks for his movies, has so far had live chat with fans on the Internet, reportedly got in touch with them through social-networking websites and even launched the music of the film online.

Directed by Rajkumar Hirani, ‘3 Idiots’ has been produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Based on Chetan Bhagat’s bestseller ‘Five Point Someone’, it stars R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi and Kareena Kapoor apart from Aamir.

Big B too is promoting ‘Paa’, in which he plays a 13-year-old suffering from the disease progeria that causes premature ageing. He says his fans often come to visit him on Sundays and that he plans to ‘give hand outs autographed by me or maybe by Auro’.

‘There is a unique way in which the promotion for ‘Paa’ is scheduled over the radio and soon you shall all be in a position to witness it…,’ he wrote.

‘Talks have now been initiated for the premiere to be held in not one, not two, but three centres. And we are diligently working on a London-Dubai-Mumbai destination… The logistics and the mechanics are being worked out and hopefully there will be some news soon,’ he added.

Directed by R. Balakrishnan, ‘Paa’ stars Abhishek Bachchan and Vidya Balan as Amitabh’s parents.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who caught up with actors Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif on the sets of reality show “Bigg Boss 3? recently, is all praises for the latter and says she is a “modern day marvel”.

“Katrina is a modern day marvel. From a non-Hindi speaking young shy and uncertain lady of Boom”, she has grown and grown to become one of the most desired actresses in our fraternity,” Amitabh posted on his blog bigb.bigadda.com.

While Amitabh hosts the reality show, Ranbir and Katrina had appeared to promote their film “Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani”, which released Friday.

“They (Ranbir and Katrina) were charming and involved and sweet. Ranbir as you all know is related to me. His cousin – Rishi Kapoor’s elder sister’s son is married to Shweta, my daughter.

“I wished them happiness and success,” he said.

Well that’s what Amitabh’s onscreen father,Abhishek in Paa has to say about his 13-year-old kid.

Abhishek says, “Amitabh was a very troublesome child all through the film.”

There’s also a scene in the movie where Abhishek gives a piggyback ride to Big B.

Director Balki says, “Abhishek did it in one take. He carried his father effortlessly across the vast field. We shot the sequence near Cambridge in England at a place called Bury St Edmunds.”

Big B also talks about the piggyback scene, he says, “Carrying me piggyback was Abhishek’s job. Jaya and I merely produced a strong boy! No, the most tedious part of playing the 12-year-old boy in Paa was the makeup. I had to sit still for 4-5 hours every morning without moving, eating or even drinking water. For a sunrise shot I had to be up from 11 am the previous night doing the makeup to be able to shoot on time the next morning.”

Paa will be hitting the theaters on 13th November. What is your verdict folks? Paa will be a hit or miss?

The third season of the realityshow "Bigg Boss 3", hosted by iconic film star Amitabh Bachchan, has landed in trouble with the Information and Broadcasting Ministry Monday sending a notice to Colors channel for "offending good taste" and for the use of vulgar language.
The channel has been asked to show cause for its actions within five days, failing which it will be taken off the air.

 
"It has been brought to the notice of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting that certain parts of the reality show ‘Bigg Boss 3′ telecast and re-telecast on Colors channel offend against good taste and decency and are not suitable for unrestricted public exhibition," says the show-cause notice.

The notice says the language used by some participants is abusive and the show contains visuals which appear to be obscene and violative of the government’s programme code.
It also points out that recently in one of the visuals, one participant has been shown pulling down the shorts of another participant. "This has offended the sensibilities of many viewers," says the notice.
The ministry has asked Colors not to carry content on the show that "constitutes a violation of the programme code as enshrined in the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act 1995," failing which it will be taken off the air.
Recently, one of the participants in the show, actor-director Kamal R. Khan, was thrown out for violent behavior.
The reality show is based on the international show "Big Brother" in which 13 celebrities are locked in a house for 84 days and monitored round-the-clock by 40 cameras.

He has dabbled in acting, production, playback singing and also worked as a television host, but Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has no plans to direct a film.

“Direction is a very difficult and classified job, which I feel I am incapable of doing. Since I don’t possess the skills to make a film, I would not like to do it. I am happy doing the other things I have been doing,” Amitabh told reporters here.

He also refused to be dragged into the controversy relating to an FIR against him and Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh in Kanpur. Amitabh said: “I have nothing to say and I am not concerned. Amar Singhji has already explained.”

The veteran actor, who is looking forward to two of his forthcoming films “Aladin” and “Paa”, also clarified that he is not working on any project centred on the Taj Mahal. “My forthcoming film ‘Johny Mastana’ does have a scene of the Taj Mahal,” he said.

The 67-year-old, who is the brand ambassador of Max New York Life Insurance, was here to launch the new insurance policy “Aukat Par Vijay”.

Asked when he would become a grandfather, Amitabh said: “It’s not in my hands.”

When quizzed about his love and hate relationship with the media, he said: “I feel that Indian media is very capable. I completely respect the media and I don’t have any problem with them. It’s just that since I have a medium today to express myself so whenever there is a correction to be made I do that through my blog,” he said.