Mr Amitabh Bachchan tweeted the trailer of Filmistaan with words of praise. This warm gesture gave more hits to the trailer and added respect to the publicity campaign of Filmistaan. A national award winning film, Filmistaan, is about a hindi film buff who gets abducted by terrorists at Indo Pak border and is kept prisoner in pakistan and his friendship with the local villager over Hindi cinema.
His tweet number 1479 is as follows, “@SrBachchan T 1479 – Fresh talent, innovative ideas compassionate audience in our cinema. Watch http://goo.gl/IpsAv2 .. ‘FILMISTAN’ . Loved it !!”
Sharib Hashmi, the film’s lead actor says, “I think I am Amitabh sir’s biggest fan, I have watched Coolie 72 times. I was over thrilled and almost chocked with happiness when I saw Amitabh sir tweet. Can’t express in words how thankful I am to him for tweeting the trailer.”
Nitin Kakkar, the film’s director adds, “Our film is really an ode to Hindi cinema and what could be more befitting than getting an endorsement from the living legend himself.It is a huge support and it has recharged all of us, as we gear up for the release very soon. Deep gratitude Amit Sir.”