Amitabh Bachchan - the new newsreader for Times Now!

Mangalore Today

Dec. 30: From angry young man to dad and now to son, he has done it all. And now he plans to shift from movies to journalism! Well…Amitabh Bachchan is all set to read news on a news channel Times Now!

Puzzled? Relax…Big B will be seen as Vijay Harshwardhan Mallik on 30th December on the news channel portraying his character in his upcoming flick “Rann”, reports the Times of India. Amitabh plays the role of a reporter Vijay Harshwardhan Mallik in Ram Gopal Varma’s “Rann”. And he will appear off-screen as the newsreader to do a full year report on the news channel.

Come 30th December and Amitabh would appear on Times Now to report on six global issues this year. The topics include Indian national politics, terrorism, cricket, swine flu, recession and Obama. Big B would comment on these issues for one hour!

This is not the first time Big B appears as his on-screen character for film promotion. Remember the pre-Paa days? Auro was seen everywhere from radio to cricket commentary to newspaper interview!

We are sure Big B would win over our hearts once again as he has always done. Hats off to the great actor!