Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan has been signed up to endorse sports channel ESPN for the upcoming Champions League T20 tournament to be held in South Africa, in September. “I have been signed on to endorse ESPN for the Champions League Cricket T20 tournament to be held in South Africa in September.

And because of paucity of time we had to shoot all the promotional films and stills for print and short seconders for TV and dub it by the evening in order that they are able to release the publicity soon,” the 67-year-old actor wrote on his blog.

“Thankfully it has all gone off well and I have just completed the dub for what we shot in the morning. But the rush and the speed with which it all had to be done was some kind of a marvel,” he added.

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Bachchan to endorse ESPN for T20 matches

The Gram Pradhan of Daulatpur Raj Kumari today moved a local court asking it to review her request seeking an FIR against Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and others for not fulfilling his promise of setting up a college in the village.The court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate had turned down her plea last month due to lack of proof. Raj Kumari`s advice Ranbir Singh moved the sessions court for reconsidering the application in this connection and the court set July 6 as the date for hearing the matter.

Raj Kumari had on May 26 moved the ACJM court here seeking its direction to the police to lodge an FIR against Bachchan and seven others for not fulfilling his promise of setting up a college in the name of his daughter-in-law, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the village.The court had directed the concerned Mohamadpur Khala police to enquire into the matter and submit its report which had found the allegations levelled by Raj Kumari as baseless.

The ACJM court had on June 11 discarded the request.

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Village pradhan seeks review of FIR against Big B

Actress Asin was in news to have disobeyed the warnings issued by South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce (SIFCC) and was in Sri Lanka shooting for film Ready. In an interview she maintains that she is just an actress and she cannot decide for the shooting locations. Still she spoken her concern to the production but theirs was the final call. She is only doing her job and honouring the commitments she made.

It is worth a mention that the Bollywood biggies Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Kamal Haasan have refused to attend the IIFA extravaganza in the island country following a boycott call of the South Indian Film Industry.

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Asin doesn’t chase SRK and Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan on Global Movie Magazine

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Abhishek Bachchan on the Cover of Global Movie Magazine

Abhishek Bachchan cover on Zee magazine, The Zee magazine says “Jaise baap waise beta and Abhishek on bring the son of the father”.

Abhishek Bachchan on Zee Magazine

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Abhishek Bachchan cover on Zee Magazine Photo scan