Bachchan to read poetry at Marathi meet

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan will recite Marathi poems at the 83rd All India Marathi Literary Meet on March 28.

• Written by Siddhartha Sharma
• Pune | March 6, 2010 01:23 AM IST
1 min read

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan will recite Marathi poems at the 83rd All India Marathi Literary Meet on March 28. He will read poems from his father Harivanshrai Bachchan’s classic Madhushala.

Bachchan’s presence at the valedictory function is being seen as significant as he and his family had been under fire from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS),which had alleged that the Bachchan family had no ‘Marathi pride’ and hardly made any contribution to Maharashtra.

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