Balki Happy About Amitabh's Cricket World Cup Stint
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On
February
15
when
India
plays
a
cricket
match
against
Pakistan
in
Adelaide,
Bollywood
megastar
Amitabh
Bachchan
will
be
doing
the
commentary
alongside
stalwarts
of
the
cricket-commentary
world
Harsh
Bhogle
and
Kapil
Dev.
Shamitabh
director
R.
Balakrishnan
is
happy.
This
is
part
of
an
integration
between
broadcaster
Star
Sports
and
the
makers
of
Big
B's
forthcoming
film
Shamitabh.
Talking
about
the
change
of
pace
for
India's
best-known
baritone,
filmmaker
Balakrishnan
aka
Balki,
said,
"Mr.
Bachchan's
voice
is
the
star
of
my
film
Shamitabh.
The
plot
revolves
around
the
baritone."
"I
personally
feel,
and
there
are
millions
who
will
agree
with
me,
that
there
is
nothing
that
Mr.
Bachchan's
voice
can't
do.
He
has
done
voiceovers
in
many
feature
films
and
has
also
lent
his
voice
to
documentaries
and
social
causes.
The
one
thing
that
he
hadn't
done
was
cricket
commentary."
The
idea
of
getting
the
72-year-old
thespian
was
to
do
something
universally
appealing,
and
it
works
as
a
double
strategy
--
it
not
only
serves
as
a
great
promotion
of
Shamitabh
it
also
binds
India
and
Pakistan
together.
"I
think
the
two
voices
of
Lata
Mangeshkar
and
Amitabh
Bachchan
unite
India
and
Pakistan
better
than
anything
else," he
said.
Shamitabh,
releasing
on
Friday,
also
stars
Dhanush
and
marks
the
debut
of
Akshara
Haasan
in
filmdom.