Amitabh Bachchan Reacts On Tamil Protest Over IIFA Awards  Amitabh Bachchan |
The 67-year old Bollywood megastar, Amitabh Bachchan has assured that the sentiments of everyone will be respected. The actor reacted after some Tamil protestors marched from his Pratiksha bungalow to his Jalsa residence on Sunday in Mumbai over the IIFA function issue.
The Tamil group has urged the superstar not to organise the IIFA Awards in Sri Lanka.
Amitabh Bachchan quoted, "A Tamil group picketed my houses, asking me to not conduct IIFA in Sri Lanka. I beckoned personnel from Wiz (Wizcraft) who own and conduct IIFA, to come and meet me to discuss this matter and give it due importance.”
According to Canadian Tamil Congress, "Amitabh is a great hero for us in the Tamil diaspora, but we are very disturbed and profoundly saddened by our hero's proposed visit to a regime which has perpetrated crimes against Tamils. By visiting Sri Lanka, Amitabh will be lending credibility to a regime which has destroyed Tamils ruthlessly and committed horrendous human rights violations."
In his reaction, Amitabh Bachchan said, "I believe Wizcraft personnel met representatives of this protest presentation along with the police personnel that came over from the Juhu Police station, heard what they had to say, accepted a petition given by them, explained to them their side of the story and told them that the governing body of the event would meet immediately to conference on this matter and reach some kind of final path and solution."
He added, "The sentiments of all must be respected and I hope that we can plan and execute that with understanding, peace and grace."
Recently, the actor visited Sri Lanka and announced Colombo as the 2010 destination for the IIFA awards ceremony.
