Mumbai,
(ANI):
Cine
icon
amitabh
bachchan
was
felicitated
with
a
Lifetime
Achievement
Award
at
the
11th
Mumbai
Film
Festival
on
Thursday
for
completing
40
years
in
the
film
industry.
The
festival,
which
concluded
on
Thursday,
hosted
over
200
films
from
56
countries.
White
Lightnin'
directed
by
Dominic
Murphy
was
adjudged
the
best
film
at
the
festival.
The
annual
event's
budget
was
boosted
with
40
million
rupees
from
Reliance
Big
Entertainment,
a
division
of
the
Reliance
ADA
Group.
Greek
filmmaker
Theo
Angelopoulos
was
also
honoured
with
a
Lifetime
Achievement
award.
Fellow
actor
Dev
Anand's
production
house
Navketan
films,
was
also
felicitated
for
completing
60
years
in
the
film
industry.
Speaking
to
media
persons
on
receiving
the
award,
an
excited
Bachchan
shared
the
award
with
his
colleagues
of
the
film
industry.
"No
person
can
rise
in
his
talent
without
others
support,
especially
in
this
industry.
Unless
you
have
the
support
of
others,
you
are
nowhere.
So,
I
would
like
to
congratulate
everybody
of
the
film
industry,
who
supported
me
from
director
to
music
director,
assistant,
spot
boy,
all
my
leading
ladies
and
all
my
leading
men
that
I
had
the
good
fortune
to
work
with,
because
of
whom
I
was
able
to
spend
so
many
years
in
the
industry," said
Bachchan.
He
also
thanked
the
people
of
India
for
their
unconditional
support
and
love.
"I
do
want
to
thank
primarily
the
people
of
my
country
for
giving
me
their
love,
their
support,
their
affection
and
their
prayers
on
many
an
occasion,
trial
and
tribulation
that
I
have
gone
through
and
I
truly
feel
very,
very
humble
in
their
presence.
May
they
continue
to
like
what
we
do
and
hopefully
the
few
years
that
are
left
in
my
career,
may
they
continue
to
enjoy
what
we
do," Bachchan
added.
Actress
Preity
Zinta
described
Bachchan
as
a
'wonderful
actor'.
"There
is
nothing
you
can
say
about
Mr
Bachchan
because
he
has
been
acting
before
I
was
born
and
he
is
a
wonderful
actor.
You
always
get
to
learn
with
him,"
said
Zinta.
Born
on
October
11,
1942,
Amitabh
Bachchan
first
gained
popularity
in
the
early
1970s
as
the
'angry
young
man' of
Bollywood,
and
has
since
become
one
of
the
most
prominent
figures
in
the
history
of
Indian
cinema.
He
has
won
numerous
major
awards
including
three
National
Film
Awards
and
twelve
Filmfare
Awards.
He
holds
the
record
for
most
number
of
Best
Actor
nominations
at
the
Filmfare
Awards.
He
is
married
to
actor
Jaya
Bahaduri
and
they
have
two
children
Shweta
Nanda
and
Abhishek
Bachchan.
(ANI)