Fans celebrate Amitabh's B'day in their unique ways
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oi-Kalyani Prasad Keshri
By Kalyani Prasad Keshri
Mumbai/Kolkata/Allahabad,(ANI):
Fans
of
Bollywood
superstar
amitabh
bachchan
celebrated
his
68th
birthday
across
India
on
Monday
by
offering
prayers
for
his
good
health
and
happiness.
People
gathered
outside
the
gate
of
the
Bachchan
residence
in
Mumbai,
holding
placards
and
posters,
and
were
waiting
for
a
glimpse
of
the
actor.
“I
will
be
glad
if
I
will
meet
him.
I
am
waiting
for
him
once
I
will
meet
him
I
will
feel
that
I
am
like
king
of
the
world
and
I
will
take
his
autograph," said
Harsh
Kumar,
a
fan.
Meanwhile,
people
gathered
on
the
banks
of
the
Sangam
(the
confluence
Rivers
Ganga,
Yamuna
and
Saraswati),
in
Allahabad,
performing
religious
rituals
and
chanting
hymns.
Fans
also
sculpted
the
face
of
the
legendary
actor
on
the
riverbank
to
mark
his
68th
birthday.
“On
this
occasion,
we
have
made
a
sand
sculpture
on
the
riverbank
of
Ganga
and
through
this
sculpture
we
wish
him
a
very
happy
birthday
and
pray
for
his
long
life,"
said
Dinesh
Shrivastav,
a
local
resident.
Fans
in
Kolkata
also
performed
fire
rituals
to
wish
the
star
on
his
birthday.