Will respect sentiments of all - Bachchan
April 26, 2010 01:18 pm
Amitabh Bachchan Monday said he would make sure everyone’s
sentiments were respected, a day after protests from a Tamil group urging the
megastar not to host the India International Films Awards (IIFA) function in
Sri Lanka.
“A Tamil group picketed my houses, asking me to not conduct
IIFA in
Some Tamils marched from the superstar’s Pratiksha bungalow
to his Jalsa residence Sunday in Mumbai urging him to boycott the
The Canadian Tamil Congress Sunday said, “Amitabh is a great
hero for us in the Tamil diaspora, but we are very disturbed and profoundly
saddened by our hero’s proposed visit to a regime which has perpetrated crimes
against Tamils. By visiting
Reacting to this Amitabh wrote, “I believe Wizcraft
personnel met representatives of this protest presentation along with the
police personnel that came over from the Juhu Police station, heard what they
had to say, accepted a petition given by them, explained to them their side of
the story and told them that the governing body of the event would meet
immediately to conference on this matter and reach some kind of final path and
solution.”
“The sentiments of all must be respected and I hope that we
can plan and execute that with understanding, peace and grace.”
The 67-year-old recently visited
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