Bachchan narrates frightening fire incident at cultural event

Amitabh Bachchan is relieved that there were no casualties during the fire that broke out at the 'Make In India Week' event, saying the incident happened just after his performance.
"What happened at event? I just finished my performance got off stage and sat in my car and left... Just then fire on stage broke!," Bachchan, 73, tweeted.
"Production was wanting me to stay and go back on to meet the CM... Had I gone back would have been caught in fire.. providential. But its God's grace that immediate action was taken and the fire brought under control... And no casualties !! But frightening!!."

Aamir Khan also wrote about the mishap on his Facebook page.
"The fire during the live show at Chowpatty was most unfortunate but the crisis was very well handled by the Mumbai Police, Fire Department and the Maharashtra Government," he said.
"The evacuation was carried out smoothly resulting in no casualties and no panic. The CM stayed till the end to oversee the evacuation. Excellent disaster management," the 50-year-old actor added.

A massive fire broke out on stage during a cultural programme last evening at the ongoing 'Make In India Week' event at Girgaum Chowpatty here.
Several political and film personalities including Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Bachchan and Khan were present at the venue. They were quickly evacuated to a safe area.

The actor says it was not difficult for him to slip into the role of a lawyer as Sircar and his team did extensive research on the plot of "Pink".
"Shoojit and his team went through a very rigorous research before formulating the screenplay and dialogue. Real life cases were studied, lawyers and court room protocol was looked into, and we always had a lawyer on set in an advisory capacity."
With respect to the film's story, Bachchan says he is hopeful that there will be a time when women will not feel apprehensive about such issues.
"Laws and attitudes are changing. It may not be put across as a 'difficult time for women' but there is apprehension in their minds. I hope soon we can address those reasons and live in a world free from some of the most heinous crimes committed towards them."

Recently, he wrote an open letter for his two granddaughters -- Navya Naveli and Aaradhya and while many appreciated it, Bachchan received some flak for allegedy promoting the movie through the letter.
"During the course of our interviews the repeated question being asked was 'What is the story of 'Pink'?' and 'What does the film mean to you?'. Shoojit suggested that writing a letter to my grandchildren would be a unique way of answering what the essence of the film entailed," he says.
Bachchan says he thought the letter would share the emotion of the film, without divulging the story.

"'Promotional activity' is a debatable terminology. Making a film or indeed cinema itself is an act of promotion. Media, whether print or electronic, is by itself a promotional act, as is this very interview.
"The many positives we received on the release of the letter, gave us strength. There were negatives too and I am open to debate or discuss those issues, for, nobody is perfect - neither the writer or the reader," he says.