A celebration of Bachchan’s movies at film fest in France

After multiple screenings of Amitabh Bachchan’s ‘Bachchan Back To The Beginning’ film festival, another retrospective titled ‘Amitabh Bachchan, Big B Forever’ is being screened at the 45th edition of the Festival des 3 Continents in Nantes, France. The festival started on November 24 and will continue until December 3, 2023. The festival is screening nine blockbuster films of Amitabh Bachchan – Abhimaan (1973), Sholay (1975), Deewar (1975), Kabhie Kabhie (1976), Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), Trishul (1978), Don (1978), Kaala Patthar (1979) and Satte Pe Satta (1982).While Bachchan himself couldn’t attend the festival, Shweta Bachchan represented him at the festival and introduced the films.
Represented my father on an int’l platform for the first time: Shweta
Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Director, Film Heritage Foundation, said, “We had presented a selection of Indian classics in the Indian Autumn stream of the festival last year and saw the enthusiastic response to the films from the festival audience. Mr. Bachchan is an actor who is a worldwide phenomenon and a champion for the cause of film preservation and when we conducted a country-wide retrospective of his films last year, the cinemas were packed and the audiences went crazy.”
Jérôme Baron, Artistic Director, Festival Des 3 Continents, added, “The festival finds its inspiration by combining curiosity for contemporary cinema with classics that are often poorly known or unknown to Western audiences. And Amitabh Bachchan, as he continues a career that began fifty years ago, is the living and iconic embodiment of a link between the past and present of popular Hindi cinema. He is a unique performer and what no other actor has ever been, including in the history of European cinema.
THE FILMS CONTINUE TO GIVE JOY EVEN AFTER HALF A CENTURY: AMITABH BACHCHAN
Amitabh Bacchhan said, “Many of these films gave me an opportunity to play a diverse range of characters and work with some of the most significant filmmakers of the time, including Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Manmohan Desai, Yash Chopra and Ramesh Sippy. I hope that the festival audience will enjoy the selection of films that continue to give so much joy to viewers even half a century since they were made.”