Amitabh Bachchan starts shooting for 'Bhootnath 2'

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has started shooting for "Bhootnath 2", a sequel to the 2008 release of the same name.

The first part starred Bachchan starred Bachchan lovable ghost besides Juhi Chawla, Aman Siddiqui, Priyanshu Chatterjee and Rajpal Yadav in lead roles. Shah Rukh Khan had done a cameo in the film.

"Another new film 'Bhootnath 2' starts and as my make up Deepak Sawant would say 'ek aur meter down ho gaya' (another meter down)," Big B tweeted.

"Then there is the look test for 'Bhootnath 2' starting shoot tomorrow. First day of new projects are such a fright! 'Bhootnath'," said Bachchan, who wil turn 71 on October 11.

The actor had an early birthday celebration on the set of his quiz reality show 'KBC' when he was gifted a miniature 'bel gadi' by a contestant while another brought her 100-year-old alzheimer suffering mother, who does not remember anything other than Bachchan and his movies.