Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan's 70th birthday party invite New Delhi: The Shahenshah of Bollywood Amitabh Bachchan is turning 70 on October 11, 2012 and the Bachchan family is celebrating the event in style on October 10 with a book launch and an Indian contemporary ballet performance by Nritarutya performed to Harivansh Rai Bachchan's poem recited by Amitabh Bachchan himself. The event is being held at the Reliance Media Works, Film City, Goregaon, Mumbai.The invite was sent on behalf...  
05:54 PM, Oct 10, 2012

Suhel Seth: Amitabh Bachchan's 70 years of adulation Amitabh Bachchan has been unlike any Indian. No one man has straddled so many generations; endured the adulation of billions of people not just in India but across the world, and has not let stardom take away either his humility or his ability to connect not just with his admirers but more than that with causes that he has readily endorsed and supported. To call him a star would be...  
04:36 PM, Sep 21, 2012

Big B to record 'Madhushala' in his voice
by IANS
New Delhi: Modern technology has overshadowed the feel of original music, rues Amitabh Bachchan, who is recording his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan's 'Madhushala' in his voice. The megastar is also skeptical about the poetry connecting with today's youth. "...singing the verses of Madhushala, the 'alaap' and lending orchestral brilliance to the basic structure that I made in an impromptu setting on my piano. What a different world this is... "We...  
12:01 PM, Mar 26, 2012

Is it hard to grow a beard? Yes, says SRK
by IANS
New Delhi: Mostly seen in a clean-shaven look, Shah Rukh Khan is finding it hard to grow a beard for a music video for his forthcoming film 'Don 2: The Chase Continues'. "Doing a music video for Don2... beard struggling to grow back. I really enjoy being Don... all that I am not I get to do," Shah Rukh posted on twitter page. The 46-year-old is sporting several looks in...  
12:38 PM, Nov 29, 2011

Bachchans are busy celebrating the arrival of Aishwarya and Abhishek's daughter. Let's meet the Bachchan clanHarivansh Rai Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan's father was a famous Hindi poet. He is most popular for his book 'Madhushala'. He passed away in 2003.Harivansh Rai Bachchan got married to Shyama in 1926. Shyama died after ten years of marriage.    Harivansh married Teji Bachchan (in the picture) in 1941. They had two sons, Amitabh and Ajitab.
12:05 PM, Nov 17, 2011

Another pround moment for Amitabh Bachchan
by IANS
New Delhi: The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia, which has awarded Amitabh Bachchan an honorary doctorate, will launch a Students Exchange Programme in the name of the megastar's father, the late Harivansh Rai Bachchan. "And today an inauguration of a student exchange Bursary in my Father's name between India and Australia .. Proud !!" Big B posted on his twitter page Friday. "Back from another emotional ceremony at...  
06:26 PM, Oct 21, 2011

Bachchan, Kamal Haasan to meet in Paris
by IANS
It will be the meeting of two acting legends in Paris as Amitabh Bachchan has invited southern screen god Kamal Haasan to attend his poetry recital in the romantic city. "Kamal Haasan (is) shooting in Paris, (he) messaged me, (I) have called him for my recital," Amitabh posted on his Twitter homepage Sunday from Paris. Big B, 67, is in the French capital, for the recital of his legendary poet...  
01:09 PM, Jun 14, 2010

Watch video: Madhushala in paintings

The Bachchans released the pictorial interpretation of Madhushala. ...
03:13 AM, Dec 10, 2009

Big B has grand plans for father's 101st birth anniv
by IANS
Amitabh will release some of his father's important works to mark the day. ...  
03:56 PM, Nov 02, 2009

Big B wants his father's poems on his b'day
by IANS
Amitabh Bachchan turns 66 on Saturday. ...  
02:45 PM, Oct 11, 2008

Big B adds life to dad's poetry As Bachchan recited lines from Harivansh Rai’s What did I gain or what did I lose, it looked like he went back in time. ...  
05:08 PM, Jan 09, 2007