To celebrate Amitabh Bachchan’s 80th birthday, the Film Heritage Foundation has curated a film festival for his fans titled – Bachchan Back To The Beginning – that will bring the superstar’s iconic films back to the big screen. The four-day film festival will be held from October 8-11 in 17 cities, with 172 showcases. Moviegoers across the country can catch Big B’s classics like Don, Kaala Patthar, Kaalia, Kabhie Kabhie and Amar Akbar Anthony in theatres.

Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Director, Film Heritage Foundation, says, “Growing up, I was the biggest Amitabh Bachchan fan. I used to break rules to watch his films in my school days. In fact, in college, I was often thrown out of class for sitting on the back benches and writing notes about his films. I am so glad that the Film Heritage Foundation is paying tribute to him on his 80th birthday with this first-of-its-kind, countrywide, four-day festival.”

A special price of Rs. 80 has been decided for each film (as a nod to his 80th b’day celebration), and those who want to watch all the films can purchase a special movie pass for Rs. 400.

Filmmaker Sriram Raghavan, who is a huge Bachchan fan, says, “Shivender Singh Dungarpur’s organisation has been doing wonderful work. Just imagine, you can watch Don, Kala Patthar and Satte Pe Satta on the big screen again! Imagine watching and listening to Pyaar Humein Kis Mod Pe Le Aaya all over again. I have grown up on those movies and I’ve seen most of them multiple times in school and college, sometimes even buying tickets in black.”

Moviegoers from Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, to Ahmedabad, Surat, Baroda, Raipur, Kanpur, Kolhapur, Prayagraj and Indore, will be able to watch these films.

Amitabh Bachchan says, “I didn’t think that I would see a day when all these films from my early career would be back on the big screen across the country. It is a remarkable initiative by the Film Heritage Foundation to showcase not just my work, but the work of my directors, fellow actors and technicians of the time, who made these films possible. It brings back an era that is gone, but not forgotten. This is why saving India’s film heritage is so important. I hope that this is just the beginning of many festivals that will celebrate the landmark films of Indian cinema (bringing them) back on the big screen.”

The FHF is also planning to curate many more such film festivals. Shivendra says, “I want producers to understand that there is a huge demand for these films and cinema lovers who never got an opportunity to watch these iconic films in theatres would love to do so. There is a need for restoration of our old films.”