Amitabh Bachchan supports fight against cancer 29th July 2007
10.00 IST
By Agencies
Bollywood mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan has lent his support to the fight against cancer and urged all sections of society to join him in the endeavour.
“I don’t smoke, nor do I chew tobacco. Globally, I am told cancer-affected patients by the year 2020 would number about 20 million, with 70 per cent of them from the developing world,” Bachchan said on Friday, talking to a packed gathering at Kamineni Hospitals in Hyderabad where he was shooting for Ram Gopal Varma ’s sequel to Sarkar - Sarkar 2 .
“At this impromptu get-together, let us talk about the fight. I am here only for the film but when the hospital management sent word, asking if I could speak against cancer, I saw no reason why I should not,” Bachchan said.
Reading out from a prepared text, Bachchan reeled out statistics aimed at giving the audience an idea of the damage that cancer was wreaking on civilisation.
On stage, Bachchan was welcomed with a bouquet by a six year-old girl treated for cancer of the lymph node in the hospital.
Abhishek too got a bouquet from a young boy still undergoing treatment.
Amitabh Bachchan supports fight against cancer
