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"Amitabh Bachchan was among the stars celebrated by the Indian president at the centenary celebrations of Indian cinema in Chennai.  41 Bollywood actors were honoured at the four-day event, including Amitabh, Sridevi, Rekha, Javed Akthar, Ramesh Sippy, Kiran and Randhir Kapoor.  Writing on Twitter, the 70-year-old star said: &amp;quot;T 1167 -What a momentous evening in Chennai, where South Indian Film Industry celebrates 100 yrs of Cinema and felicitates all languages !! &amp;quot;T 1167 -Thank you SIFCC and the CM of T&amp;#039;Nadu, for giving us this honour respect and dignity by the hands of the President of India, no less.&amp;quot; Legends of the Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam industries were also honoured at the event.  Addressing the assembled guests, President Mukherjee said that &amp;quot;Indian cinema is incomplete without the contribution of south Indian cinema.  &amp;quot;The achievement of the south film industry at the National Film Awards over the years is proof of the development of the industry.&amp;quot; The event closed with a gala cultural performance by several South Indian actors, IANS reports. Bachchan was recently honoured at an event in the UK parliament, where he was  presented with the Global Diversity Award. Photo gallery - Amitabh Bachchan&amp;#039;s career in pictures:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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