I literally begged him to take some money but he said that I am doing it for love and there is no question of money being involved".Īha, ki bhalo manush.
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Can you ever imagine someone paying ₹ 30 lakhs of his own pocket to perform? He booked his own flight, bought his own tickets and even paid the hotel bills. He said that, “Mr Bachchan is one and only, a special person. The next day, the Rising Son of Bengal and our very own Dada, Sourav Ganguly who is also the president of the Cricket Association Of Bengal was quoted in Anandabazar Patrika and DNA. Bachchan and Star maintained a studied silence on the matter and have been mum since the controversy broke. Twitter was abuzz with whether or not Bachchan had charged ₹ 4 crore for singing the anthem. But that was enough to set the cat amongst the pigeons.
#Ekla chalo re by amitabh bachchan pro#
The article was actually referring to Bachchan being paid ₹ 4 crore for singing the anthem at the Pro Kabaddi League 2015. The timing of the article was such that if you didn’t bother reading it and went just by the headline, you would think that Bachchan had charged ₹ 4 crore for singing the national anthem at the T-20 opening ceremony the day before. The day after the match, the website India Samvad published an article headlined-Star coughs up Moolah: For Amitabh Bachchan National Anthem worth ₹ 4 crore. The point of controversy though, is Bachchan singing the national anthem. And ever since the match, Ali has been receiving brickbats for forgetting the words-which he’s denied-and for just not doing a good enough job. That Pakistani singer, Shaukat Amaanat Ali’s rendition of the Pakistani national anthem paled in comparison is an understatement. I’m not usually a fan of his singing ever since he butchered Ekla Chalo Re, but I must say he redeemed himself by not skewering yet another Tagore song. That Bachchan sang the national anthem beautifully is an understatement. Despite the high prices, the stadium was sold out. Just a bit of trivia-normal J block seats were being sold for ₹ 4500 at this event. Going by how Bollywood-crazy Kolkata née Calcutta can be, I can vouch for the fact that many non-cricket fans (if there are any in Kolkata) would have bought tickets simply to watch Bachchan. The main highlight of the opening ceremony was that Amitabh Bachchan would sing the national anthem. Now that’s the Art Of Hosting.Įver since the match though, both the Master Of Ceremonies, Didi Banerjee and India’s win have been overshadowed by one of the star performances at the show. Even though an organisation called the Anti-Terrorist Front of India had threatened to dig up the pitch at Eden Gardens, there were no untoward incidents, roads weren’t blocked, people weren’t stranded and the army didn’t need to be called in to build pontoons either. Mamata showed the rest of the country that for all the insults hurled at West Bengal, her state can pull together security of the scale required for an India-Pakistan match.
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First off, you have to give credit to Mamata Banerjee for offering to host the match in Kolkata after it had to be moved from Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh because Virbhadra Singh, the chief minister of that state said he couldn’t promise adequate security arrangements.
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Passions and fervour have diminished and have most probably been nullified in a thandai haze. It’s been 6 days since the match, so it’s now safe to write this without fear of being called an anti-national.