Once again, the Amitabh Bachchan factor

Sharm-el-Sheikh: There is really no getting away from Bollywood, of course. Indians everywhere are identified with the heroes of the silver screen but Egyptians here are steadfastly loyal to only one man -- Amitabh Bachchan -- and insist that age is no factor. Walk down the market, enter a bank or step into a shop. The first question is whether you are Indian and the next is a bland statement -- simply Amitabh Bachchan. Mention Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan or whoever, and the response is a "who cares" shrug.

And they are up to date as well, with one curious customer at a bank in a hotel asking whether the aging star had recovered after his hospital stay. He might be 60 plus, his angry young man days way behind him and doing grandfather roles. But Amitabh Bachchan rules. And how! IANS