Published 11:03 IST, April 11th 2020

Amitabh Bachchan posts pic from Eden Gardens charity match, asks 'how many can you name?'

Amitabh Bachchan posted a pic from a charity match at Eden Gardens alongside Dilip Kumar and others. He asked his fans how many of them they could name.

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Amitabh Bachchan recently came toger with numerous stars from various film industries like Rajiinikanth, Mohanlal, Chiranjeevi, to convey importance of staying at home amid lockdown for COVID-19 and help daily wrs of industry. However, it is t first time that Big B has joined hands with celebrities from or film fraternities for a cause. Some decades ago, veteran, alongside or stars like Dilip Kumar, had come toger for a charity cricket match against stars of Bengali film industry.

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Big B went back in time recently to share a snap from a match at Calcutta’s Eden Gardens. Shahenshah termed it as ‘stalgia of past years.’ 77-year-old shared a quote in Hindi of how he thought of remembering some past memories during tough times. 

Revealing details of match, he asked his fans if y could name all in photograph. 

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Many succeeded in doing so, sharing how he was flanked by Anil Dhawan, Jeetendra and Johnny Walker on his right and to his left were Dilip Kumar, Anil Chatterjee and Rabi Ghosh, while Prem Chopra also was seen partly.

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Many netizens also posted moments from match where Bachchan has hit a big shot in jam-packed stadium. 

Big B had shared many years ago, a picture from match on Facebook, writing that it was played in late ‘70s and that Hindi film industry had won under captaincy of Dilip Kumar.

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Amitabh had married Jaya Bhaduri, who is a Bengali, also in ‘70s, and veteran has often spoken about Bengal being his ‘sasural.’

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Meanwhile, Amitabh Bachchan has been contributing in various ways amid number of COVID-19 cases in India going up. actor has revealed that he has started distribution of 2,000 food packets daily in various parts of Mumbai. Apart from this, Pink star has featured in numerous awareness videos related to pandemic.

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11:03 IST, April 11th 2020