Amitabh Bachchan to attend Keith Vaz event in Leicester
Bollywood legend, Amitabh Bachchan will be in Leicester in June this year, as part of MP Keith Vaz’s 25th year in parliament celebrations.
Whilst details of his visit in the UK are sketchy at the time of filing this article, BizAsia understands that Bachchan will be the Guest of Honour at the special event on Saturday 16th June. The venue has been confirmed as the Platinum Suite in Leicester.
As well as celebrating Keith Vaz’s 25th year in politics, Big B will also support Vaz’s Silver Star appeal, a charity to raise awareness of diabetes amongst Asians.
Amitabh Bachchan has previously opened up a Silver Star Diabetes Centre in Leicester in 2009. Prior to that, he received an honoury doctorate in Arts at the De Montfort University in 2006.