International awards show brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan visited Macau on May 8 to announce IIFA 2009...
11.30 AM Big B lands in Chinese territory and catches a ferry that will take him to Macau.
24 hours with the Big B
International awards function brand ambassador Amitabh Bachchan visited Macau on May 8 to announce the 2009 event...
11.30 AM Big B lands in Chinese territory and catches a ferry that will take him to Macau.
1.30 PM Is welcomed at The Venetian Macao which is hosting the film awards.
2.30 pm At St Marks Square: Bachchan gets into a gondola after 30 years. He had first experienced the gondola ride when shooting for The Great Gambler.
The gondoliers sing Main Hoon Don for the Big B. Several fans greet him and sing his songs to attract his attention.
3 pm: Milan BallroomThe Big B is presented with The Venetian Mask by Stephen Weaver of Las Vegas Sands Corp. Bachchan announces the awards event at The Venetian Macao to be held from June 11-13.
5 pm He then heads to Macau City to visit Fernando Chui, secretary for social and culture, Macau Special Administrative Region
Takes a tour of the Venetian and visits the Great Hall, the Grand Canal shops, the CotaiArena (where the awards will be held), the V Spa, the Manchester United Experience (Asia's first interactive football experience at the Venetian) and Carnival Street.
4pm: He heads back to the ferryu00a0 that takes him to Hong Kong.
