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As Bachchan turns 80, audiences throng theatres to watch his classics
Updated On: 11 October, 2022 08:55 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
It`s almost a meta experience of watching a hot-blooded Amitabh Bachchan in a cult classic like "Deewar" on big screen
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It`s almost a meta experience of watching a hot-blooded Amitabh Bachchan in a cult classic like "Deewar" on big screen at a time when his latest film "Goodbye", which sees him in the role of a grieving patriarch, released just four days ago. Bachchan, who turned 80 on Tuesday, is an actor for all seasons and ages. There were barely a few front row seats that were vacant at the 6 pm to 9 pm show of "Deewaar" on Monday at the Subhash Nagar-based PVR Pacific in New Delhi.
The cross-section of the audience that had turned up to see the popular crime drama, as part of the Amitabh Bachchan film festival to mark his 80th birthday, even left Munna K Pandey, a self-confessed Bachchan fan, amazed. "There were people of my parents` age who were walking with a stick. Next to me sat, people in their 30s to 40s, like me. There was also a pregnant woman in the audience. Two young men, who had managed to arrive right after completing their work shifts, were arguing with the theatre staff to let them sit with their laptops," Pandey told PTI. Film Heritage Foundation in partnership with leading multiplex chain PVR Cinemas has organised the film festival in honour of Bachchan`s 80th birthday, as a part of which 11 movies featuring the megastar are being screened in 18 cities across the country. The four-day day event, titled `Bachchan Back To The Beginning`, opened on October 8 and closes on October 11, the star`s birthday. While the tickets were priced at Rs 150 for the first three days and the day of his birthday at Rs 80, a festival movie pass at Rs 400 was brought out on the occasion to incentivise fans who wanted to enjoy all the movies.
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