There is more to achieve, says Amitabh

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Thursday said that his contributions to the entertainment world had been extremely minimal as there was still much left to be done. 

"My contributions have been extremely minimal. There is so much more to do yet," the Bollywood icon said after receiving the One Lifetime, Many Lives achievement award conferred by a leading women's voluntary organisation. 

Bachchan said that he had never imagined that he would emerge as a leading hero of Hindi cinema. 

"I was quite happy playing whatever role came in my way," Bachchan said as an awestruck audience, mostly women, carefully heard him, mesmerised by his golden voice. 

Recalling that K.A. Abbas had introduced him to master of new genre films Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Bachchan said "we made wonderful films together. We do not see such movies today." 

He recalled the significant chapter played by directors Prakash Mehra and Manmohan Desai in shaping his career and thanked the erstwhile writer duo of Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar for discovering the protagonist of 'young angry man' in him for movies like Zanjeer, Deewar and Sholay. 

"It is pity that they (Salim and Javed) don't work together any longer," lamented Bachchan. 

The award was conferred by Inner Wheel for Bachchan's multifarious achievements packing into one lifetime. 

Lauding the works of younger generation directors like Karan Johar and Aditya Chopra, Bachchan said that many of them were born in front of him. 

"I am glad the way the new generation has taken the cudgels. I think very soon they will make a mark in the world cinema," Bachchan said. 

The jam packed hall of a spacious hotel gave a standing ovation as he recited the immortal "Kabhie kabhi mere dil me..." poetry from his past blockbuster and few immortal lines from his father illustrious Harivansh Rai Bachchan's Madhushala.