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Maharashtrian of the
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ANI. The Bollywood Super
Star Amitabh Bachchan has been conferred the ‘Maharashtrian of the Year’
award by Marathi newspaper Lokmat.
Amitabh Bachchan took
to his Twitter page to share his excitement about the honour. The actor
tweeted, “And today among all the thoughts another award – The Maharashtrian
of the Year, the ‘Maanbindu’, for me from the Shrimati Pratibha Patil,
President of India,” Big B further wrote, “Have spent 3/4th of my life,
42 years in my 70, in this city and state…all that I have today has come
to me from Mumbai.”
Veteran actor Dilip Kumar
was also honoured for his contribution to the Indian cinema. Dilip Kumar
gets one too for his life achievements, and there are many other prominent
Maharashtrian achievers in the field of Science, Literature, Social Service,
Art, and Politics who get rewarded. |
Big B also got emotional
as it was his mother Teji Bachchan’s death anniversary yesterday. She died
of prolonged illness at the age of 93, in December 2007. “I am late but
not without cause and reason, I live with my Mother today, her death anniversary…
a strong, loving, encouraging Ma. Her spirit of never giving up against
all odds, her compassion in times of defeat in us, but her confidence of
all being well..amazing,” Bachchan said.
The mega star added, “She
lost her own mother when she was a few weeks old, but never failed in giving
us what a mother meant, in thoughts with my Mother, in her teachings and
love, in her strength of character and compassion, understanding and encouragement.”
‘Name, fame, honour, recognition,
home and family, children and children of children, everything indebted
to the city and state for making me whatever I am today! My obeisance to
this great city and its people, for giving me all that I have with me today,’
he posted.
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