Lucknow, October 11
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday greeted megastar Amitabh Bachchan on his 80th birthday.
Taking to Twitter, the state police department shared a video—a compilation of clips from films in which Bachchan portrayed the role of a cop.
जन्मदिन की शुभकामनाएं ‘इंस्पेक्टर विजय’
आप रील लाइफ़ में और हम रियल लाइफ़ में कर्त्तव्य और
सत्यनिष्ठा के ‘अग्निपथ’ पर चलकर जुर्म के खिलाफ एक ‘दीवार’ बनकर ‘खाकी’ का नाम रोशन करते रहें.#AmitabhBachchanBirthday #AmitabhBachchan@SrBachchan pic.twitter.com/mL0Dopn65k— UP POLICE (@Uppolice) October 11, 2022
“Wishing you a Happy Birthday ‘inspector Vijay’. You in reel life and we in real life bring glory to ‘Khaki’ by walking on the ‘Agneepath’ of duty and truthfulness standing firmly against crime like a ‘Deewar’,” the UP Police tweeted in Hindi in a play of words.
Bachchan is one of the busiest actors of Indian cinema and he continues to spearhead the highly successful quiz show “Kaun Banega Crorepati”, which is currently in its 14th season.
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