Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has finished shooting for R. Balakrishnan’s directorial ‘Shamitabh’ and is ready to take up the next project. “Shamitabh’ hits the last day for me … after a hard day on location several miles away from the city, they cheer for me as I leave … to continue the next work and schedule on hand,” he posted on his blog srbachchan.tumblr.com. The movie, also starring Dhanush, marks the Bollywood debut of southern superstar actor Kamal Haasan’s daughter Akshara. Amitabh Bachchan records for Shamitabh, Superstar Amitabh Bachchan is all set to get behind the mic once again. The actor confirmed on his official Twitter account that he has recorded a number for R Balki’s upcoming venture,
Shamitabh, that also stars Dhanush and Akshara Haasan. Interestingly, Bachchan had sung a number each in his earlier ventures with Balki, Cheeni Kum and Paa. While in Baatein hawa hai from Cheeni Kum, Bachchan has singer Shreya Ghoshal for company, Mere paa from Paa was a solo number in Bachchan’s voice. To confirm the news, the actor tweeted, “Balki and Shamitabh meet… Got to sing another song ..aarrrgghh !! I am hopeless at this… But guess will have to do it!!” Although the name of the song sung by Bachchan has not been revealed yet, the song has been composed by Ilayaraja and penned by lyricist Swanand Kirkire. For now, we will have to wait and watch how the song turns out. A poetic evening: Shashi Ranjan and Rumi Jaffrey organised the second Tehzeeb-e-Gango Jaman Mushaira in Mumbai last week. The Hindi-Urdu poetry session saw guests like Madhushree, Bhupinder Singh, Anu Malik among others. The highlight of the evening came in the form of 90-year-old lyricist Gopaldas Neeraj taking the stage at the finale and reciting some of his popular poems and songs, including the popular Ae bhai zara dekh ke chalo from Mera Naam Joker. Source: The Indian Express
