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"Amitabh Bachchan has said that it was &amp;quot;an historic moment&amp;quot; when he was invited to open the 66th Cannes Film Festival with his Gatsby co-star Leonardo DiCaprio. The star revealed that it was &amp;quot;the proudest moment&amp;quot; for him to address the global audience in his mother tongue Hindi.  Writing on his blog, he said: &amp;quot;Truly a historic moment for me, but immensely historic and honourable for the Indian film industry, a fraternity that I am and shall always be most proud of.&amp;quot; The legendary actor attended the festival to walk the red carpet for the  gala screening of The Great Gatsby, and as a special guest of the festival in honour of the centenary celebrations of Indian cinema. The 70-year-old said that he was delighted at the respect bestowed upon him in Cannes, describing it as an &amp;quot;emotional&amp;quot; experience. &amp;quot;The honour and respect meted out by Cannes, incredible,&amp;quot; he commented. &amp;quot;Announcing suddenly for Leonardo DiCaprio and myself to open the festival. &amp;quot;With the entire world film fraternity at Cannes, applauding and welcoming our presence, treating us like royalty... it&amp;#039;s emotional.  &amp;quot;For a complete alien in the midst of Cannes to be acknowledged, is the proudest moment for me as an Indian. &amp;quot;Acknowledging Cannes in recognising 100 years of Indian cinema, it was absolutely imperative for me to address in my mother tongue.&amp;quot; The Bol Bachchan star shared how the &amp;quot;director of Cannes [was] delighted to hear the &amp;#039;music of the Hindi language&amp;#039; spoken&amp;quot; as &amp;quot;it brought in the universality of the occasion&amp;quot;.  Bachchan plays Meyer Wolfsheim in the $125 million 3D project, an adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald&amp;#039;s novel of the same name. Cannes Festival 2013 - photo gallery:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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