HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | HAPPENINGS Amitabh Bachchan, Javed Akhtar felicitated09th Mar 2007 09.00 IST By Agencies Some of Indian cinema's biggest icons, including Amitabh Bachchan , lyricist Javed Akhtar and musician Pyarelal were Thursday felicitated for their contribution to Indian cinema on the occasion of opening ceremony of the 9th International Film Festival of Mumbai. The festival organised by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Images in association with National Films Development Corporation was inaugurated by director Yash Chopra and opened with the screening of Chinese film "Curse of the Golden Flower". 
On the occasion, the Academy felicitated mega superstar Bachchan with a "Special Award to salute Indian cinema's Global Icon" which he received from Tina Ambani. Thanking the people for supporting him "through thick and thin", Bachchan said "there have been times when I was unable to stand on my own feet but it is the prayer of the people that I have managed to do so. I would like to thank them." Remembering the first chairman of the Academy, film-maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee , to whom the festival is dedicated this year, Bachchan said "he was like a godfather to Jaya and me. He was a very simple man with simple habits but he had great ideas. We miss him here today." Javed Akhtar was felicitated with a Lifetime Achievement Award while composer Pyarelal was felicitated for his Outstanding Achievement in Music. Over 100 films from 32 countries will feature in this year's edition of the festival with a special retrospective of Hrishikesh Mukherjee's films as well as on Spanish cinema. The festival will also have a special focus on film from South Africa. The weeklong festival concludes on March 15 with the screening of Mira Nair 's The Namesake . Related Amitabh Bachchan Javed Akhtar Yash Chopra Hrishikesh Mukherjee Mira Nair The Namesake | ALSO READ scoop ~ Slumdog sweeps UK film awards ~ Terror fallout – Ayesha Takia postpones marriage, Tusshar Kapoor cancels party ~ M F Hussain to paint a portrait of Katrina Kaif? ~ Kangana Ranaut wants to look sexy the natural way ~ Britney Spears back with her new album 'Circus' ~ MGR to return in an animation flick ~ Farhan Akhtar to act in a psychological thriller ~ Saif and Kareena to live in together ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Amitabh Bachchan turns down Bill Clinton's invite ~ Jethro Tull, Anoushka concert dedicated to Mumbai terror victims ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > Halloween, New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Sorry Bhai, Yuvvraaj, Dostana, Dasvidaniya, Golmaal Returns, Fashion, Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi, EMI, Heroes, Roadside Romeo, Kidnap, Drona, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi , Rang Rasiya , Meerabai Not Out , Horn Ok Pleassss MUSIC Ghajini , Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi celebs » wallpapers » the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Chitrangada Singh | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Manjari Fadnis | Kamal Haasan | Rajnikant | Asin | Sanjay Dutt | Shahid Kapoor | Sherlyn Chopra | Farhan Akhtar | Prachi Desai | Mandira Bedi | Shahana Goswami | Konkona Sen Sharma | Kangana Ranaut | Anushka Sharma | Mugdha Godse | Masumeh Makhija | Minissha Lamba | Vidya Malvade | Malaika Arora | Shweta Kumar | | more... | 
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