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Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan addresses the audience during a promotional event of the upcoming Bengali film, "Open Tee Bioscope" in Kolkata, India, Monday, Nov. 17, 2014. The film revolving around the middle class community of Kolkata is expected to be released in January 2015.(AP Photo/ Bikas Das) Image Credit: AP

Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan has shared a black-and-white sketch of himself in R Balki’s upcoming film Shamitabh on his blog.

The 72-year-old sports a pensive look and a heavy beard in the sketch.

“Yes. Notice the ‘Balki nisation’ of the Blog, as in the years within the Balkans. hehehe. Some times its good to laugh at one’s own stupidity I just presented a sample! [sic]” he said about the image.

Bachchan, who was in Gurgaon for Shoojit Sircar’s Piku, co-starring Deepika Padukone, is off to Gujarat for the shooting of Shamitabh.

“It’s departure time in the morrow and more of the film that Balki asked me not to talk or print about, in the extensive lanes of Gujarat, away from the hurly-burly [sic].” he posted.

The actor posted a poem along with his Shamitabh look. The film also stars Dhanush and Tamil cinema star Kamal Haasan’s daughter Akshara in her debut.

Bachchan has previously worked with Balki in Cheni Kum (2007) and Paa (2009).