In offer to safeguard tigers, Amitabh barters sunglasses to son

DECEMBER 13, 2010
In an offer to safeguard the tiger from eradication, Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan today sold his sunglasses for a whopping Rs 40 lakh to his son Abhishek at Pench Tiger Reserve in eastern Madhya Pradesh.
In Pench for last two days to participate in a campaign organised by NDTV, the megastar auctioned his sunglasses over cell phone to contribute to the fund to save the species which is facing a grave threat of extinction.
On the occasion, famous playback singer Shanker Mahadevan enthralled audience with his songs. While a forest guard Kamlesh was felicitated for putting his life at stake to save endangered species, a journalist Sanjeev Choudhary was honoured for his reporting on wild life, especially the big cats. Amitabh is scheduled to leave for Mumbai tomorrow morning by a special plane.




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