Unforgettable Bollywood goes global

6:40pm Friday 25th July 2008

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India's top film stars have hit Hollywood as part of an epic global set of shows.

Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan heads up The Unforgettable Tour, which is set to play at the O2 Arena next month. The cast will be joined in the London leg by Shilpa Shetty.

Speaking at a press conference in LA, Amitabh's son Abhishek joked that so far on the tour "the airlines have been forgettable" after apparently losing half the cast's bags.

Actress Preity Zinta promised that by the time the show reaches England, fans should be in for a treat. "I think London is very lucky because by the time we come there we'll have done at least 10 shows so we're gonna be with it, there's gonna be no goof ups!" she said.

Ritiesh Deshmukh joked he was not quite ready to find out how big the audience will be at the London venue, saying: "I have no idea what the O2 looks like, so when I enter there I'll let my nerves take over then."

Madhuri Dixit, guest starring on the US shows only, said Shilpa's guest appearance in the UK should be exciting: "She's such a sweet person, I've known her for some time and she's wonderful, she's marvellous and she just knows what to do."

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan said the tour shows a much wider audience is embracing Indian cinema.

"The Western audiences are already very aware of our films and that's really a reflection of society as it is today, the world is smaller and the audience is a lot more international," she said.

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