Amitabh Bachchan, who is recuperating at home after abdominal surgeries, is enjoying a “no time-table” life. Apart from doing other things, he watched Oscar nominated The Artist and said it was a “delight” to view the silent black and white French movie.

“Being by myself and almost in solitary confinement, is getting contagious. I am beginning to rather like this state. No where to go, nothing obligatory to perform, random timings and the liberty to do what I desire. I eat whenever, sleep whenever, watch a movie whenever and happy doing so,” Big B posted on his blog.

“The ‘little one’ comes up to meet me by the evening, wide eyed and now on the verge of recognizing things…On occasion she smiles and the volume of affection around increases a few decibels. Wonder if she feels why we must change the tone of our sound during our conversations with her, and whether it really helps to connect more effectively. Always a mystery.” he wrote. More

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was discharged from the Seven Hills Hospital here (Mumbai) late Thursday after a 12-day stay post two abdominal surgeries.

He was discharged at 9.30 p.m. and was accompanied home by his wife Jaya Bachchan.

The 69-year-old actor, who was admitted to the hospital Feb 11, was kept under observation following complaints of pain post the surgeries.

He was feeling restricted in his movements but kept his fans updated about his activities and progress through social networking mediums. More

Jaya Bachchan and doting daughter Shweta Nanda are taking turns to take care of Amitabh Bachchan at the hospital here following his abdominal surgeries amid indications he will be discharged Friday or Saturday.

The 69-year-old was admitted to the seven-star SevenHills Hospital Saturday and he underwent two surgeries. He was to be freed Monday but it was put off after he developed acute pain.

The actor is on the fifth floor of the hospital, where son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai’s baby girl was born last year.

The Bachchans have booked four consecutive rooms, costing Rs.31,000 each a day. Jaya and Shweta take turns to look after Big B, informed sources said. Aishwarya visited him Tuesday along with Beti B. More

Grandfather Amitabh Bachchan, who is recuperating from abdominal surgery at the Seven Hills Hospital, had a special visitor yesterday.

Daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan dropped by the hospital with her 3-month-old daughter, still known as “Beti B”. We got exclusive pics of mom Aishwarya holding her daughter while coming out of the hospital.

This is “Beti B’s” first public outing since her birth on November 16 last year at the same hospital in Mumbai. Source

Amitabh Bachchan, who underwent an abdominal surgery on Saturday at the Seven Hills Hospital in Mumbai, will be discharged today on February 13, 2012.

Big B’s surgery lasted for two to three hours on Saturday and his son Abhishek Bachchan, who is also a leading Bollywood actor, stated that the legendary actor was resting.

Post the successful surgery, Big B thanked all his fans and well-wishers. “Thank you for your prayers. Your love and wishes never fail…indebted for life, one that I shall never be able to pay back.” Source

Superstar Amitabh Bachchan, who has been suffering stomach ailments from quite a long time, says he will be undergoing a minor surgery on February 11.

The 69-year-old actor will undergo a CT Scan tomorrow and the day after he will be taken for the surgery.

“My stomach which has already been the bed of many complicated battles in the past, shall have to entertain this as well. Its a war zone , my body, and one which has been through a great deal and still does. A surgery that I shall be undergoing on the 11th morning and the surgery they say is not too complicated, but then all doctors say the same as you end up on the operating table, and before long the details and the subsequent anxieties begin to rise,”  Bachchan posted on his blog.

Big B, who is currently shooting a cameo in Bhojpuri film Gangadevi with wife Jaya, blames his late-night appearances behind the stomach problem. More

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who has largely been out of the public eye since the birth of her daughter on November 16, attended the reception of Bollywood actors Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’souza who got married on Friday.

Aishwarya, traditionally dressed in an anarkali suit, set off a frenzy as photographers covering the event rushed to click the one image no one wanted to miss.

Aishwarya was briefly spotted and clicked when the Bachchans hosted media mogul Oprah Winfrey at their home during her first India visit. Later, she drove with Oprah, father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan and husband Abhishek to a party hosted by Parameshwar Godrej to welcome Oprah. Source

Hollywood actor-producer Joel Edgerton who is working with Amitabh Bachchan in The Great Gatsby visited him on Sunday evening with director Kathryn Bigelow.

Amitabh Bachchan tweeted: ‘Evening visit by Joel Edgerton, colleague in ‘The Great Gatsby’..doing film on killing of Osama, directed by Bigelow of Hurt Locker ! Errrmmm .. a clarification in case you have read me wrong .. thats Joel doing film on Osama with Bigelow … NOT ME !!’

Oprah Winfrey who is currently in Mumbai is also reported to visit the Bachchan’s house.

Meanwhile, author Shobhaa De welcomed her. ‘Looking forward to meeting the Big O (Oprah) tonight! She is the most amazing, inspiring, influential woman on Planet Earth. Welcome to Mumbai!’ she wrote.

Jewellery designer Farah Khan Ali is equally excited about meeting her. ‘GM. A magical monday indeed. Meeting my inspiration Oprah @Oprah tonight. Excited & Elated. Hope I don’t faint!!! Ha ha,’ she updated. Source

Shahrukh Khan visited the Bachchan’s residence to meet none other than Beti B. Reportedly, the actor offered his blessings to Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s newborn daughter.

‘Shah Rukh drops by to meet the ‘little one’, a few others too from the fraternity visit the still in wonder bundle.. and we spend all our time in trying to spend as much time as possible with her !! Simple pleasures of life..!!’ Big B wrote on his blog.

With the arrival of Beti B, it seems that the speculated long time rivalry between the Bachchan parivar and SRK will soon come to an end. Also, Abhishek and SRK were recently spotted having a good time together at photographer Dabboo Ratnani’s 2012 calendar launch. Source

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has surpassed Twitter queen Priyanka Chopra, emerging as the most popular celebrity on the micro-blogging site with 1,850,903 followers.

Bachchan, who joined Twitter in 2010, is an avid user of the site and has tweeted 11,108 times till date.

The 69-year-old took the number one spot after beating last time winner Priyanka, who now stands second on the list with 1,841,804 followers and 5,693 tweets. The actress follows 138 people among which are Shah Rukh Khan, Big B and Hrithik Roshan.

Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar came third on the list with 1,786,243 followers and Shah Rukh Khan landed on the fourth position with 1,612,989 followers. Actor Aamir Khan, who has given hits likes Taare Zameen Par and Dhobi Ghat, came fifth with 1,506,083 followers on Twitter and Dabangg star Salman Khan ranked sixth with 1,485,203 followers. Source

It is a known fact that for the Hrithik Roshan version of AGNEEPATH, while the one line plot from the Mukul S Anand-Amitabh Bachchan affair has been kept AGNEEPATH intact, Vijay Deenanath Chauhan’s characterization has gone through a sea change. While Amitabh Bachchan was shown to be all intense and strong with an element of wit in his dealings as an underworld don, Hrithik would be getting into an entirely different zone.

Informs a member from the writing team, ”This is a conscious call that was taken by Karan Johar and his debutant director Karan Malhotra. Don’t expect a sequence where Hrithik may be boasting about his ‘maut ka appointment’; as an underdog, he is a completely different character here.”

This was a huge risk being taken by Karan and Hrithik since audience till date remembers AGNEEPATH for the kind of charisma that Amitabh Bachchan brought on screen two decades ago. To shed that confident persona and get dominated by Sanjay Dutt (reprising the role of Danny Denzongpa) could have resulted in serious repercussions since that would have resulted in a battle of unequals. However Karan Johar is quite convinced with the characterization. More

Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan recently became parents to a baby girl and while the Beti B has wrapped everyone in the family around her little finger, there is one member of the family who is not quite happy with the attention the new one is garnering.

And the member in question is Bachchans pet Great Dane. Amitabh Bachchan today said that his pet dog has been sulking ever since their bundle of joy has marked her presence.

Bachchan took to Twitter to share the piece of information writing, “Shanouk, my Piranna Great Dane feeling left out and sulking ever since the baby has arrived .. spending time with him now more often” More