Bachchan turns down rare invitation from Queen Elizabeth II
Amitabh Bachchan has turned down a rare invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to attend the reception of UK-India Year Of Culture, which is towards the end of this month. Bachchan's publicist said that the actor had to refuse the invite owing to prior commitments. He is said to be busy with the trailer launch of his upcoming film 'Sarkar 3'.
Amitabh Bachchan will not be able to attend the reception of UK-India Year of Culture, a "rare invitation", which was sent to the megastar by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh.Amitabh was invited by the royals for a special reception to launch the UK-India Year of Culture later this month. His publicist said in a statement, "Yes, Mr Bachchan has been given a rare invitation by Queen Elizabeth and Buckingham Palace to grace the UK-India Year Of Culture reception, but unfortunately due to prior commitments, he will be unable to attend."Currently, the actor is gearing up for the launch of Ram Gopal Varma's Sarkar 3 trailer, scheduled for the first week of March.His upcoming projects include Ayan Mukerji's tentatively-titled film Dragon that will see him alongside Ranbir Kapoor, Kabir Khan's production Thugs Of Hindostan where he is working with Aamir Khan and Aankhen 2, that will see him working with Arjun Rampal and Anil Kapoor.