Soon after he completed his one-day Amedabad/Gandhinagar trip on Wednesday night, Superstar Amitabh Bachchan blogged his visit at 4.07 am in the morning on Thursday at the Gateway hotel(Taj group) in Ahmedabad. Amitabh seems impressed by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and also had good words for Gujarat’s tourism attractions.

Bachchan, hoping tax exemption in Gujarat for his film Paa writes on his blog, “Mr Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of the state of Gujarat, in his hospitality and generous demeanor, has through process registered that our film Paa shall be granted tax exemption, the paper work provided falling into place,” he states on his blog.

Impressed by Narendra Modi, Amitabh Bachchan writes on his blog, “He lives simply and with mere basic needs and most unlike the head of a State. He speaks with affection on development and progress. He is welcoming to fresh ideas and ideals. His oft repeated phrase of him being a CM, a common man, is not misunderstood. He does and acts as he speaks. He talks of raising the level of awareness for his state through tourism and I volunteer to participate in any activity that would help promote that.”

“Did you know or were you aware that the largest number of heritage sites in the country are in Gujarat ? This away from the historic Dwarka Nagari that lies submerged under the sea and is a subject of discovery and research, where architecture and monuments and complete palaces lie buried underneath. The rann – a massive and wide expanse of miles of white soil, that glows like it was embedded with millions of diamonds in the night, separating our borders with our neighbors Pakistan. The historic temples – Somnath and Dwarka ji and endless places of great history, all within and still unknown to most of us. So much richness in our own and yet we cherish that which is not ours at times,” writes Bachchan elaborating his impression about Gujarat’s tourism opportunities.

Narrating what happened during the show inside the cinema hall, Bachchan says, “He(Modi) has invited his entire cabinet to the showing along with all relevant bureaucrats and important Assembly luminaries. They sit through the entire running with silence and dignity and come out in the lights of the theatre with praise and admiration. For once they admit the politician has not been shown in bad light. Over a light dinner during the interval he turned to me and said – ‘The main and most important assets for an actor are his face and his voice. They are the elements that attract an audience to a performer. But you have done away with both aspects in this film and still succeeding in making yourself attractive to an audience. That is remarkable !’ I look if I can hide under the table ! Its a job by itself, taking compliments !”

And finally Bachchan had some words for definitely a clean and green capital of Gujarat, “As I drive back we duck below a spanning sign on a bridge crossing that thanks us for visiting ‘Clean and Green Gandhinagar’. I couldn’t have agreed more !!!”