Amitabh Bachchan taunts media

Oh, not again! We have a new incidence of discord between Bollywood and the media! After Shahrukh Khan, Shahid Kapoor and Ram Gopal Varma, now, it is Amitabh Bachchan who has decided to taunt the media.

With the F1 grabbing all the headlines yesterday, seems like Amitabh Bachchan must have switched on a news channel and come across some news about the mega racing event.

Amitabh Bachchan wrote on twitter: “A media head acknowledges the F1 phenomena, and in same breathe talks of its irrelevance in todays India in its poverty ..”

He added: “They ask if all this expense is necessary in our country, and its wealth diversion to the poor.. good thinking media head.. but ..... but ... how about shutting down your 5-star media studio too .. save money for the poor .. !!”


Lately, there have been quite a few instances of tiffs between Bollywood and the media; and we seriously hope this was the last one!

Anyhow, let us conclude by quoting Mr. Bachchan’s statement itself: “Put something down on social networking site and be sure it shall make headlines within minutes - the power and glory of the net