Big B’s big boost for special children at extra special Antakshri

The superstar inspired the visually challenged participants by reciting a poem on the sets of ‘Titan Antakshri— Music for a Cause’

Amitabh Bachchan, participated in the special episode of ‘Titan Antakshri’ (Zee) for visually challenged children shot early this week. Bachchan enthralled the children and the audiences with his recital of the poem ‘Main prakash hoon’ written by Khalid Hashmi. The poem underlined that blindness is not a drawback.

Later, two visually challenged girls, Mansi and Mamta, from Smt Kamla Mehta Dadar School for the Blind, presented a letter written to him. It held a very special message for Bachchan and his ailing mother Teji Bachchan. She was wished a speedy recovery. While leaving, Bachchan extended his best wishes for the participants of Muncherjee Nowrowjee Banajee Industrial Home for the Blind. 

The show will be aired on March 31. The music talent show ‘Titan Antakshari’ has devoted a six-part series for underprivileged sections of society that includes the aged, street children and visually challenged people. The series is coined as ‘Music for a Cause’. The first episode will be aired on March 23.