Tuesday,
June
05,
2007
The
British
Academy
of
Film
and
Television
Arts
(BAFTA)
will
be
celebrating
Indian
cinema
legend
Amitabh
Bachchan
this
year.
The
organisation
is
holding
a
weekend
dedicated
to
Big
B
on
June
16
and
17.
The
weekend
will
showcase
Bachchan's
enormous
success
and
contribution
to
the
Indian
film
industry
with
screenings
and
evenings
dedicated
to
Bollywood's
most
celebrated
superstar.
He
is
one
of
the
most
powerful
actors
in
Indian
cinema
with
a
career
that
has
spanned
more
than
three
decades.
With
over
160
films
and
a
multitude
of
international
awards,
honours
and
recognitions
to
his
credit,
Bachchan
changed
the
face
of
Indian
cinema
with
the
"angry
young
man" persona
he
established
in
the
seventies.
It
was
the
beginning
of
the
Bachchan
era
with
worldwide
hits
including
'Sholay',
'Don',
'Amar
Akbar
Anthony'
and
'Kabhie
Kabhie'
launching
Bachchan
into
cinema
history.
Recent
Stories
Mahima
Chaudary's
secret
marriage
Salman
-
Ash
films
omitted
from
IIFA