Bhuj/Junagadh, 23 January 2012

Legendary film-star and Gujarat Tourism brand ambassador Shri Amitabh Bachchan today completed his Kutch part of shooting and reached Saurashtra’s Junagadh in the evening.

Shri Bachchan became a bird watcher, riding on bike as part of new TV advertisement of Gujarat Tourism. Two different villages of Kutch witnessed Bachchan’s ad shoot featuring Kutchi handicraft.

Shri Bachchan boarded a plane from Adani’s Mundra airport and reached Rajkot in the evening from where he reached Junagadh where ‘Girnar’ room of local circuit house was waiting for him.

In Junagadh, Shri Bachchan will shoot possibly at Baba pyare ni gufa, Khapra khodia cave and Uparkot fort.

On his arrival at Junagadh, Shri Bachchan tweeted: Hundreds of miles covered, enthusiastic crowds at every turn, media kind and generous .. covered an entire state .. thank you Gujarat.

On his day in Kutch he tweeted: ‘Shoot at birds’ a film terminology .. wonderful back waters and migratory birds from the cold Northern Hemisphere.. such a revelation.

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