Amitabh
Bachchan,
Abhishek,
Aishwarya,
Preity
Zinta
and
Ritiesh
Deshmukh,
part
of
the
month-long,
The
Unforgettables
Tour,
running
across
US,
Canada,
UK
and
the
West
Indies,
have
just
finished
their
first
two
shows
in
Toronto
and
Trinidad.
Yesterday,
Amitabh
Bachchan
in
his
blog
made
a
telling
statement
about
the
show.
We
quote
verbatim:
"I
am
shocked
and
covered
in
disbelief
at
being
privy
personally
to
a
design
by
certain
sections
of
the
media
and
the
fraternity
to
bring
down
this
show.
To
kill
it,
to
malign
and
write
it
off.
This
is
shameful
and
disgusting.
"I
have
on
several
occasions
spoken
of
a
bias
that
exists
for
no
reason
whatsoever,
against
us
and
on
each
occasion,
you
my
readers,
have
pleaded
that
I
ignore
them
for
greater
dignity
and
character.
But
I
am
compelled
to
talk
about
it,
dignity
can
take
a
walk
for
a
while,
because
it
has
already
started," wrote
Bachchan.
When
this
reporter
spoke
to
Bachchan
in
Toronto
and
asked
him
to
'talk
about
it',
he
chose
to
sit
on
the
fence.
"SRK
is
a
friend
and
a
well-wisher,
not
just
of
my
family
and
me,
but
also
of
the
fraternity
and
the
industry.
Also
the
speculation
on
the
list
of
names
[SRK,
Salman
and
Aamir]
is
a
lot
of
rubbish.
I
do
not
have
any
issues
with
any
of
them."
Says
a
source
in
the
film
industry,
"It's
difficult
to
understand
whom
Amitabh
Bachchan
means
by
the
'fraternity'.
He
has
issues
with
Aamir
Khan,
Salman
Khan
and
Shahrukh
Khan.
Is
he
trying
to
say
that
they
are
out
to
sabotage
his
show?
Aamir
had
made
nasty
remarks
about
Big
B
on
Black,
which
Bachchan
hasn't
forgotten
or
forgiven
though
he
made
pretence
of
making
up
at
Aamir's
Jaane
Tu
premiere.
Bachchan
and
his
family
don't
like
Salman
because
of
his
history
with
Aishwarya,
while
his
rivalry
and
cold
war
with
Shahrukh
is
a
well-known
fact
especially
after
Shahrukh
ousted
Bachchan
from
KBC3.
Bachchan
hasn't
forgotten
or
forgiven
him."
An
US
promoter,
on
condition
of
anonymity,
confirmed
that
there
have
been
attempts
by
a
'big
star'
to
pull
down
The
Unforgettables
tour,
"A
big
event
organiser
in
India,
has
tried
in
multiple
ways,
to
sabotage
our
shows.
The
attempt
was
made
at
the
behest
of
a
very
big
star.
This
star
tried
to
schedule
his
shows
in
UK
and
the
USA
in
same
cities
as
the
Unforgettables
tour,
just
a
month
before
the
tour
and
at
half
the
rates
we
were
offering.
But
he
couldn't
do
it
as
it
wasn't
financially
viable.
So
now
the
star
is
spreading
rumours
of
our
show
in
Toronto
being
a
flop
with
tickets
being
sold
at
high
prices."
"Mr
Bachchan
is
an
experienced
hand
at
shows
and
is
involved
at
every
stage.
Nobody
will
try
to
mess
with
us
again
though
they
tried
very
hard.
It's
an
expensive
show
with
each
show
costing
over
a
million
dollars
(Rs
4.2
crore),
while
a
Shahrukh
Khan
show
costs
just
$4,50,000
(Rs
1.9
crore)."