Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been conferred the Maharashtrian of the Year award by Marathi newspaper Lokmat.

"And today another Award for me - the Maharashtrian of the Year, a Maanbindu, from no less a person than the President of the Country, the respected and honorable Shrimati Pratibha Patil. So grateful and humbled. The award given by the very popular Marathi paper 'Lokmat'," Amitabh wrote on bigb.bigadda.com.