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From being beaten, hurt and damaged to emerge as ‘The God of Cricket’, it has been an unparalleled journey for Sachin Tendulkar, who stays on to be a living legend. The lesson that his life story narrates? Failure is the ‘Fuel of Champions’. All of this and more is what Delhi Belly director Abhinay Deo’ ad film “The Greatest Lesson” narrates which is a testimony of how a true hero rises up from the challenge.

“The ad showcases a nostalgic chapter of overcoming failure whilst maneuvering the ‘never give up’ spirit. It also portrays a motivational lesson of silence, hardwork and perseverance contributing into achieving success. Further, the campaign also underlines the fact that failure should never be forgotten but embraced and utilized to work towards your goals,” informs a certain member from the creative team.

No wonder, for decades Sachin Tendulkar has been en epitome of relentless human spirit in its pursuit of excellence.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was conferred with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award by President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here.

The government award is India's highest honour given in the field of cinematic art. Amitabh has been honoured with the award for inspiring generations with his diverse work.

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The official Twitter handle of the Press Information Bureau (Pib) shared a video of Big B receiving the award amid loud applause. He attended the ceremony with his wife and actress Jaya Bachchan and son and actor Abhishek Bachchan.

The 77-year-old actor was earlier supposed to receive the honour at the National Film Awards ceremony, held here last week. He skipped the film award ceremony owing to health issues.

In September, Union Information Minister Prakash Javadekar announced that Amitabh will be awarded with the award.

"The legend Amitabh Bachchan...

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he is "deeply grateful" and "humbled" for being feted with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

Amitabh on Tuesday night took to Twitter and said he is at a loss of words.

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"There is a paucity of words searching a response... for the generosity of words that pour in... I am but deeply grateful and most humbled. My sincerest gratitude," he tweeted.

The cine icon took to his blog to express his gratitude.

"What really resides in the mind shall never ever be known and may it never... gratitude and the express of immense humbleness bear supreme today and love," he wrote.

Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest honour given in the field of cinematic art. Bachchan will be honoured with the award for inspiring generations with his diverse work.

"The...

Distinguished actor Amitabh Bachchan will be honoured with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

The government award is India's highest honour given in the field of cinematic art. Bachchan will be honoured with the award for inspiring generations with his diverse work.

Also Read:?When Kartik Aaryan shared his fanboy moment with Amitabh Bachchan

"The legend Amitabh Bachchan who entertained and inspired for two generations has been selected unanimously for Dadasaheb Phalke Award. The entire country and international community is happy. My heartiest congratulations to him," Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar wrote on Twitter while announcing the news on Tuesday.

Bachchan has successfully transitioned from Bollywood's "Angry Young Man" to the "Shahenshah" of popular cinema, and gone onto become Indian film world's most recognised icon on the global stage, through a career spanning over five decades.

The actor started his journey in showbiz as one of seven protagonists...

Last year, Aankhen 2 was announced with much fanfare with Amitabh Bachchan in the lead and other actors like Arshad Warsi and Arjun Rampal as a part of it. The film initially got involved in a major controversy after Ileana D’Cruz was falsely claimed to be a part of the film and the actress vehementlyRead More

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While Aankhen 2 was announced with much fanfare, we recently heard that Gaurang Doshi had taken off to South Africa for a recce. Now that the producer is back, we hear that this time around the film will revolve around a heist abroad. Readers may recall that Aankhen starring Akshay Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Arjun Rampal,Read More

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Credited with Bollywood’s popular laugh riots “No Entry” and “Welcome”, filmmaker Anees Bazmee says comedy is the toughest genre to work on for a writer, and when a movie is loaded with double entendres, it’s merely a “shorcut”.

Of late, the Hindi film industry has witnessed a surge in comedy entertainers, but a sex comedy laced with sexual innuendos seem to be the current favourite flavour. Bazmee is not all for it.

“There are some good comedy films even now, but comedy films which are double-meaning and are a shortcut. I don’t want to make them and I don’t want to watch them. I don’t want to even say whether they are good or bad… My personal choice is to work around buffoonery,” Bazmee told Ians in an interview.

The maker of movies like “Singh Is Kinng”, “Thank You”, “Ready” and “Welcome Back”, said he...

Producer Gaurang Doshi is at war with leading lady Ileana D'Cruz for first saying yes then saying no to his film Aankhen 2. However, Aankhen 2 director Anees Bazmee refuses to get into the fight. "This has nothing to do with me. It is true that Gaurang and I met Ileana for Aankhen 2. I don't know why she decided not to do Aankhen 2. We must respect her decision." Anees' 'respect' for Ileana's decision could stem from the fact that she is doing his other film Mubaraka, where she co-stars with Arjun Kapoor. Says Anees, "Yes, Ileana is working in my Mubaraka. And it would be unethical of me to discuss her reasons for not doing my other film (Aankhen 2). As far as Mubaraka is concerned she has been very professional in her dealings. And I love the way she responded to her character and to the script. I...

Few days back, there were reports that suggested that the Barfi and Rustom actress Ileana D'Cruz had been roped in to feature in Aankhen 2. However, the actress put these rumours to rest clarifying that she was not part of the project. Now we hear that Ileana will feature in the soon to go on floors Anil Kapoor - Arjun Kapoor starrer Mubaraka. In fact sources close to the film stated that though the makers of Mubaraka have approached the actress to feature in the film, she is yet to give a green signal. Commenting on the same Ileana's manager says, "Yes Ileana has been approached to play a role in Mubaraka, however it is still too early to make a decision. We should have more clarity on the subject within the next ten days." As for the film, Mubaraka that is directed by Anees Bazmee is scheduled to...

On Friday morning producer Gaurang Doshi woke up to a rude shock with actress Ileana D'Cruz threatening to take legal action for announcing her name as part of the Aankhen 2 cast. Doshi claims the actress is lying when she says she turned down the offer. Rather than feel outraged and angry over what he claims to be a blatant lie, Doshi couldn't stop chuckling over Ileana's charges. "Tell me, why would I announce her name falsely? My film already has Bachchan Saab, Anil Kapoor, Arshad Warsi and Arjun Rampal. What does my project gain from her presence? Is she Deepika or Katrina? Agreed she is part of a hit film (Rustom). But so is Esha Gupta." Shedding light on what really happened Gaurang says, "Ms Ileana D'Cruz met me at the Taj Land's End two days before the Mahurat. We met at 12.30 pm. She was with her manager Nimisha.

Earlier this week, we had reported that Anees Bazmee was ready for Aankhen 2 with Amitabh Bachchan but other cast members were yet to be locked on. Well, now we have the scoop on the cast and it is an interesting one. Anil Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Arjun Rampal and Ileana D'Cruz have been roped in for the film. A special event was organized on Wednesday at Filmcity to make the announcement where the cast of the film was revealed through a video package. Anees Bazmee will don the director's hat and Gaurang Doshi will be producer the film. Aankhen had Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal but due to their unavailability, they won't be reprising their roles in the sequel. Meanwhile, Amitabh Bachchan will be next seen in a social drama Pink whereas Arjun Rampal in Rock On 2. Anil Kapoor is currently busy with TV series 24. Ileana D'cruz was last seen...

Filmmaker Anees Bazmee, who will be directing two films ‘Aankhen 2’ and ‘Mubaraka’, has said the reason for making the sequel to the 2002 film ‘Aankhen’ is the legendary Amitabh Bachchan.

He said, he has worked with almost all actors but considered himself to be unlucky since he hadn’t got a chance to direct Bachchan.Read More

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The makers of ‘Aankhen 2’ have announced the star cast of the sequel to the 2002 film ‘Aankhen’ which featured Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal, Sushmita Sen and Paresh Rawal.

Amitabh and Arjun Rampal remain a part of the sequel – Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal and Sushmita Sen are out – they are replaced by Anil Kapoor, Arshad Warsi and Ileana D’Cruz.Read More

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