Amitabh Bachchan thanked Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani, who presented the megastar with the Indian Film Personality of the Year at the 48th International Film Festival of India. "Thank you Smritiji Honourable Minister for Information and Broadcasting and the trouble you took in organising a most memorable evening for me. One that I shall never forget," Amitabh wrote on his blog.

T 2725 -A most humbling evening at the IFFI awards .. honoured and filled with such gratefulness to IFFI and the extremely endearing words by Akshay Kumar, Karan, and the dignitaries .. u00e0u00a4u00aeu00e0u00a5u0087u00e0u00a4u00b0u00e0u00a4u00be u00e0u00a4u0086u00e0u00a4u00adu00e0u00a4u00beu00e0u00a4u00b0 , u00e0u00a4u00b8u00e0u00a5u008du00e0u00a4u00a8u00e0u00a5u0087u00e0u00a4u00b9 pic.twitter.com/yNWbzl8ljP

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) November 28, 2017

The star, 75, also shared a photograph from the event, where Irani and actor Akshay Kumar were presenting him with the award. Irani on Tuesday feted Amitabh with the Indian Film Personality of the Year award in Panaji. The cine icon was presented the Indian Film Personality of the Year award, which includes a silver peacock, a certificate a scroll and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh.