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Modesty is Amitabh Bachchan’s second name even though at times we do feel he goes over-board. On being asked if he is going bald for Mira Nair’s Shantaram, Big B in his typical self-depreciating style is quick to say:

“It’s completely untrue. When I heard about this, I spoke to Mira and she rubbished it. She hasn’t even envisaged me as bald for Shantaram, let alone share it with the media, which is so busy imagining me bald through morphed pictures on the net, etc. But sorry, I’m not obliging,” he says.

"My face is ugly enough. I cannot do anything to improve it. Nothing can save it,” he says wryly.