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HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | HAPPENINGS Amitabh Bachchan, Javed Akhtar felicitated09th Mar 2007 09.00 IST By Agencies Some of Indian cinema's biggest icons, including Amitabh Bachchan , lyricist Javed Akhtar and musician Pyarelal were Thursday felicitated for their contribution to Indian cinema on the occasion of opening ceremony of the 9th International Film Festival of Mumbai. The festival organised by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Images in association with National Films Development Corporation was inaugurated by director Yash Chopra and opened with the screening of Chinese film "Curse of the Golden Flower".
On the occasion, the Academy felicitated mega superstar Bachchan with a "Special Award to salute Indian cinema's Global Icon" which he received from Tina Ambani. Thanking the people for supporting him "through thick and thin", Bachchan said "there have been times when I was unable to stand on my own feet but it is the prayer of the people that I have managed to do so. I would like to thank them." Remembering the first chairman of the Academy, film-maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee , to whom the festival is dedicated this year, Bachchan said "he was like a godfather to Jaya and me. He was a very simple man with simple habits but he had great ideas. We miss him here today." Javed Akhtar was felicitated with a Lifetime Achievement Award while composer Pyarelal was felicitated for his Outstanding Achievement in Music. Over 100 films from 32 countries will feature in this year's edition of the festival with a special retrospective of Hrishikesh Mukherjee's films as well as on Spanish cinema. The festival will also have a special focus on film from South Africa. The weeklong festival concludes on March 15 with the screening of Mira Nair 's The Namesake . Related Amitabh Bachchan Javed Akhtar Yash Chopra Hrishikesh Mukherjee Mira Nair The Namesake | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ Brazilian bombshell denies having affair with Salman Khan ~ Three 'Rang De Basanti' stars team up again ~ Riya Sen's Turkish sojourn ~ Kareena Kapoor looking forward to work with Aamir Khan ~ Genelia D'Souza reviving her career again ~ Aishwarya Rai and her fond Cannes memories ~ The Bachchans dazzle at Cannes Film Fest ~ Shah Rukh Khan smiles at Aamir's jibe ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Madhuri Dixit turns 41 ~ Amitabh Bachchan goes down memory lane ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Bhoothnath, Jimmy, Anamika, Mr. White Mr. Black, Tashan, U Me Aur Hum, Race, Jodhaa Akbar, Taare Zameen Par, Krazzy 4, Sarkar Raj , Jannat , Woodstock Villa , Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic MUSIC Tashan , U Me Aur Hum celebs» the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Rani Mukherjee | Aishwarya Rai | Gayatri Joshi | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Priyanka Chopra | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Kareena Kapoor | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Vivek Oberoi | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Sneha Ullal | John Abraham | Karisma Kapoor | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Abhishek Bachchan | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amitabh Bachchan | Meghna Naidu | Amrita Rao | Arjun Rampal | Mahima Chaudhary | Amrita Arora | Vidya Balan | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rakhi Sawant | Rimi Sen | Bhumika Chawla | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Sonam Kapoor | more... |
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