Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan continues to win accolades and bring more pride to India.
The latest is that the ‘Piku’ star has been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by the prestigious Egyptian Academy of Arts for his contribution to cinema. Big B was in Egypt for ‘India By The Nile’ festival. “Prestigious Academy of Art in Cairo, decorates me a Honorary Doctorate...humbled and honoured. First for India!!” Amitabh Bachchan announced to his fans. During the ceremony held in Sayyed Darwish Hall, Giza, Amitabh Bachchan said, “Egypt and Egyptian people have always been my dearest friends and shall continue to be so for my entire life time”. The superstar also said that culture brings people together. “Culture is the soft power of the state and should be used to convert enemies into friends,” he said. Amitabh Bachchan has a great fan following in Egypt. Many of them personally wanted to meet the megastar, but couldn’t because of security. The humble superstar apologized to his ‘extended family’ of Egyptian fans on Twitter for not being able to meet them. Source: ApunKaChoice.com
