BIG B: "A DOCTORATE FOR BIG B"

                                      "A DOCTORATE FOR SRI AMITABH BACHCHAN"


                                      AN EMOTIONAL SRI AMITABH BACHCHAN THANKED THE DELHI UNIVERSITY FOR GIVING HIM THE BEST YEAR'S OF HIS LIFE AMIDST APPLAUSE FROM HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHEN THIS FAMOUS ALUMNUS OF DELHI UNIVERSITY ON SATURDAY WAS HONOURED WITH A "DOCTORATE. THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT, SRI AMITABH BACHCHAN WAS A "STUDENT" OF "BSc. GENERAL COURSE IN THE UNIVERSITY BETWEEN 1959-62. HE STUDIED IN "DELHI KIRORIMAL COLLEGE" AND HAD SHOWN KEEN INTEREST IN "ACTING" EVEN THEN. HE WAS A "LEAD-ACTOR" IN THE "THEATRE-GROUP".


                                     BIG B IS THE ONLY FILM PERSONALITY IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY TO RECEIVE SUCH AN HONOUR. AMONG OTHER'S DELHI CHIEF MINISTER SHEILA DIKSHIT WERE HONOURED ON THIS OCCASION. BIG B HAS EARLIER BEEN AWARDED WITH "HONORARY DOCTORATES BY THE BRITAIN'S DE MONTFORD UNIVERSITY AND FRENCH GOVERNMENT. 


                                      SRI AMITABH BACHCHAN SHARES A LIGHT MOMENT WITH DELHI CHIEF MINISTER SHEILA DIKSHIT AFTER THEY WERE CONFERRED WITH "HONORARY DOCTORATES OF LETTER'S { D LITT. } BY THE DELHI UNIVERSITY AT A "CEREMONEY IN A NEW DELHI". 


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                                   SRI AMITABH BACHCHAN WERE CONFERRED WITH AN HONORARY DOCTORATE BY THE "LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY IN YORKSHIRE, FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO CELLULOID. BIG B WERE CONFERRED WITH AN "HONORARY DOCTORATE IN ART BY CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY BRANDAN FOSTER AT A SOLEMN CEREMONY THIS MORNING, WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY ABHISHEK BACHCHAN, AISHWARYA RAI BACHCHAN AND SHWETAMBRA BACHCHAN ( NANDA ). ACCEPTING THE HONOUR, BIG B WENT INTO A NOSTALGIC MOOD REMINISCING ABOUT HIS FATHER "HARIVANSH RAI BACHCHAN", WHO PASSED OUT OF 'CAMBRIDGE". "THIS ID HIS CENTENARY YEAR AND I AM SURE THAT WHEREVER HE IS, HE WILL BE HAPPY TO SEE ME STANDING HERE AT THIS AUDITORIUM," BIG B SAID.


                                   BIG B ALSO USED THE OCCASION TO POINT OUT THAT INDIAN CINEMA HAS COME A LONG WAY FROM THE EARLIER DAY'S WHEN IT WAS LOOKED DOWN UPON. " IN THE EARLIER DAYS OUR POPULAR CULTURE 'OR' OUR CINEMA WAS THE BUTT OF RIDICULE, BUT TODAY, THE SAME CULTURE IS THE SUBJECT OF MUCH RESPECT AND ANALYSIS. I AM VERY HEARTENED THAT THIS HAPPENED IN MY "LIFETIME", " THE LEGENDARY ACTOR ADDED. 


                                   BIG B ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THE AUDITORIUM OF THE "LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY", IN WHICH THE FUNCTION WAS HELD, WOULD BE NAMED AS GANDHI HALL, LEADING TO A THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE AMONG THE AUDIENCE. SPEAKING ON THE OCCASION, IN THE "LEEDS UNIVERSITY".


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