When 'the greatest star of stage or screen', as voted by BBC online users in 1999, releases an open letter about the role of women in
Indian society, it was always going to go viral.
But when the letter is addressed to his granddaughters it adds an extra poignancy that both captivated and angered social media users.
Amitabh Bachchan, who beat Charlie Chaplin to be voted "Star of the Millennium", is still a leading man in the Hindi film industry at the age of 73. He is also an active on several digital platforms and was named 'Social Media Person of the Year' by Internet and Mobile Association of India in 2015.
In a video posted on Facebook on Monday, he urges his two granddaughters, Navya Naveli and Aaradhya, and "all of India's granddaughters" to become independent women.
Bachchan, who is the father of Bollywood star Abishek Bachchan and father-in-law of former Miss World, actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, says that although his granddaughters carry the legacy and privilege of the Bachchan surname, it will not protect them "from the difficulties you will face because you're a woman."
Bachchan, who is the father of Bollywood star Abishek Bachchan and father-in-law of former Miss World, actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, says that although his granddaughters carry the legacy and privilege of the Bachchan surname, it will not protect them "from the difficulties you will face because you're a woman."
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