By:
Taran
Adarsh,
IndiaFM
Tuesday,
September
11,
2007
Rituparno
Ghosh"s
Amitabh
Bachchan
The
Last
Lear
had
its
world
premiere
at
the
Toronto
International
Film
Festival
on
Sunday,
9th
September.
The
premiere,
held
at
Roy
Thomson
Hall,
was
packed
to
capacity,
with
close
to
two
thousand
people
attending
the
gala
event.
Writes
Shubho
Shekhar
Bhattacharjee,
CEO
-
Planman
Motion
Pictures
from
Canada,
“At
the
red
carpet,
hundreds
of
fans
were
screaming
when
we
got
down
from
our
cars.
Mr.
Bachchan,
Preity,
Arjun,
Jisshu,
Prosenjit
Chatterjee
came
along
with
Rituparno
Ghosh,
producer
Arindam
Chaudhuri
and
myself.
“We
also
wanted
to
make
a
statement
that
it"s
not
just
Hollywood
that
can
make
a
big
presence
at
these
international
festivals.
Given
the
kind
of
fan
following
we
have
around
the
world,
we
can
also
make
as
much
of
presence
felt
with
our
films.
So
we
had
actually
gone
to
the
red
carpet
with
four
stretch
limos
with
all
the
glitz
and
glamour
that
usually
happens
at
a
world
premiere
of
a
big
film.
“The
response
was
overwhelming!
There
was
a
brief
presentation
on
stage
before
the
screening
where
Cameron
Bailey,
the
programmer
of
the
Festival,
invited
Rituparno,
Prof.
Chaudhuri
and
myself
on
stage
and
then
the
stars
came
to
the
stage,
starting
with
Jisshu
and
finally
Mr.
Bachchan.
“The
show
was
received
too
well.
The
audience
just
loved
the
film.
There
was
a
ten-minute
standing
ovation
after
the
screening
got
over
and
most
people
were
seen
coming
out
of
the
theatre
with
moist
eyes.
People
were
stunned
with
the
performances
of
Mr.
Bachchan,
Preity,
Arjun,
Shefali
Shah
and
Divya
Dutta.
“This
was
followed
by
a
grand
luncheon
party
and
then
a
gala
dinner
organized
by
the
Toronto
Festival
in
honor
of
The
Last
Lear
team.
In
fact,
at
all
the
parties
in
Toronto,
The
Last
Lear
seems
to
be
the
topic
of
discussion."