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Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, speaks during the inauguration of the Kolkata International Film Festival in Kolkata, India, Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. Image Credit: AP

Amitabh Bachchan says daughters are the reason for happiness in every house and they should be treated with care and warmth.

The 72-year-old actor spoke about the importance of daughters in life while describing his experience of shooting for for Shoojit Sircar’s Piku, in which he plays a father.

“Daughters are special. Very special. They become the soul of the home. They are the reason for the warmth that embraces us all, they conduct, command, secure, analyse, dictate, rule, govern and spread that tender thread which binds an entire family together. They are reason. They are consult. They are opinion. They are guidance,” he posted on his blog.

The Bhoothnath Returns star said father-daughter love is one that he can vouch for without any reservation, which exists throughout the world.

Bachchan posted some off-screen photos with Deepika Padukone, who plays his daughter in the film.

“These are not what could be seen in Piku, these are affectionate moments, off camera, but ones that reflect the relationship between the two — the gentlest of associations between the ‘lady of the house’ and the one that shall always have soft corners for them,” he wrote in the captions for the pictures.