Amitabh Bachchan went all out to support a Mumbai police at the launch of his debut book 'Quantum Siege'. Photo: Viral Bhayani
Many Bollywood and TV personalities also came forward to support the police turned author at his book launch event. 'Quantum Siege' is available at book stores for the price of Rs. 250.
For a change, this time the police officer got a chance to stand in front of the the camera rather than go unnoticed behind it and who better than Amitabh Bachchan to share it with.
He then handed out an autographed copy of the book to Mr. Bachchan who looked more than happy to receive it.
The author also hinted that the character of 'Rudra Pratap Singh' in the book share a lot of 'common shades' with the writer.
Amitabh Bachchan's prosthetic makeup for 'Paa' reportedly took about four to five hours a day, and Big B handled it without any complaints!
Mr. Bachchan who is an avid reader and has previously supported many other debutante authors as well, almost immediately got down to reading the reading the book (while he was still on stage).
The 243-page saga has made use of certain real life events like that of a terrorist group that has threatened the Indian prime minister with "never before" consequences.
The author who took just two months to finish writing this book, seems to be having a burst of creative energy flowing as he has already started penning down another book.
Well there is no doubt that Amitabh will be a definite front runner when and if this book goes on to get a film adaptation.
What makes things a little more exciting, is that one of the main characters in the book has been based on Mr. Bachchan.
Strangely, while Seattle's EMP museum is currently hosting a Nirvana exhibition, the bench is the closest thing the city has to a memorial to the charismatic Nirvana front man.
It was reported in a previous interview that the author Brijesh Singh wrote a character based on the Bollywood superstar.
Amitabh Bachchan and Rakesh Maria were invited as Chief Guests for the event.
As soon as Big B arrived at the venue, organizers wasted no time in getting the show started.
Mandira was one of the few guests to arrive early at the event.
Mandira Bedi was also snapped at the event which was held by Penguin Publishing house in a five star hotel in the city.
Amitabh stole the spotlight as soon as he walked into the building where the event was held, but he made sure the cameras and media got the debutante author as well.
Additional Commissioner of Police Brijesh Singh launched his book 'Quantum Siege' last evening and invited Mr. Bachchan to grace the event.
Amitabh Bachchan graces Mumbai cop's book launch event