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Wide Shot Fan waiting behind the fence2. Wide Shot pan left Exterior of the venue 3. Wide Shot Ashiwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan signing for fans 4. Wide Shot Ashiwarya Rai Bachchan,...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Entertainment\u003cbr/\u003eMacau, China, 12 June 2009\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide Shot Fan waiting behind the fence\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide Shot pan left Exterior of the venue \u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide Shot Ashiwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan signing for fans \u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide Shot Ashiwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan \u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English), Abhishek Bachchan, Actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's a wonderful feeling, now they redressed him. You are the next right? (Turns to Ashiwarya Rai Bachchan)''\u003cbr/\u003eAshiwarya Rai Bachchan: ''We will find out.''\u003cbr/\u003e(Reporter in Hindi:'' How does it feel to be back at the IIFA?'')\u003cbr/\u003eAshiwarya Rai Bachchan (Hindi/English): ''You can ask me. It's a wonderful feeling, but it's really, they enjoy this experience, this feels good.''\u003cbr/\u003e(Reporter (in Hindi) ''Three days of red carpet starts here?'')\u003cbr/\u003eAbhishek Bachchan (in Hindi/English): ''Yes it starts here and will continue until the day after tomorrow.  We are very happy to be walking on green carpet, because it's a wonderful wonderful movement, they brought the important issue we have to do something for the environment. I think it's a great platform to raise the awareness of protect the environment.''\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide shot Amitabh Bachchan walking up to his wax figure \u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide shot pan left The press \u003cbr/\u003e8. Mid shot Amitabh Bachchan taking photo with his wax figure \u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide shot of press \u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide shot pull out Ashiwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan taking photo with wax figure \u003cbr/\u003e11. Mid shot pull out Lara Dutta posing for photo call \u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (English), Lara Dutta, Actress:\u003cbr/\u003e\"A little bit last night, and Ritesh taught me how to gamble which is going to be a little bit latter, but more than that latter. It's more than exciting and I won. Because normally I don't gamble, I don't know how to play, so not too bad.''\u003cbr/\u003e13. Wide shot Sushmita Sen walking toward the press \u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (English),Sushmita Sen Actress:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Actually I am promoting Kaminey, my film that's why I am here. But other than that, the performance is more like being together in the whole unit, other than that, no nothing else. \u003cbr/\u003e(Reporter: ''What do you think about Macau?'') \u003cbr/\u003eSushmita Sen: ''I think It's a super sexy city. I think it got all the elements to be completely vibrant and vital to entertainment as you can see, Cirque Du Soleil being one, I think it's largest casino as I know.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide shot Slumdog Millionaire child stars talking to the press \u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide shot Slumdog Millionaire child stars walking on green carpet \u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (English), Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The ''Slumdog Millionaire'' phenomenon was decorated in America. Because it was a small budget movie which is suddenly hit and wild fire, I mean it just spread from one place to the other. It's kind of blessed by God or something.''\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide shot guests gathering for photo call \u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide shot Sonam Kapoor walking onb the green carpet \u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE (English), Sonam Kapoor, Actress:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I have had a massage, I have rehearsed, I have done a lot of things. (Waving to fans)''\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide shot guests arriving\u003cbr/\u003eIIFA Opening Press Conference\u003cbr/\u003e22. Wide shot pan right the press conference \u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide shot the press \u003cbr/\u003e24. Wide shot Amitabh Bachchan walking to podium \u003cbr/\u003e25. Wide shot Amitabh Bachchan addressing press con\u003cbr/\u003e26. Wide shot The press \u003cbr/\u003e27. SOUNDBITE (English), Amitabh Bachchan, Actor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Look at us now sixty, seventy years later, Indian cinema has become almost parallel culture of our country. I can not say this is good for India or not, it's certainly an important element for our country. Everywhere we go today, we are identified by our presence, by our strength and what we bring to the film industry and its creativity. It think it is something all of us are extremely proud of.\"\u003cbr/\u003e28. Mid shot Amitabh Bachchan unties the ribbon on People magazine cover \u003cbr/\u003e29. Wide shot The press\u003cbr/\u003e30. Close shot pull out Amitabh Bachchan accepting a mask    \u003cbr/\u003eBollywood's top stars gathered in the coastal gambling enclave of Macau on Thursday (11JUN09) for the Indian film industry's annual event, pitching their elaborate song-and-dance productions to the booming Chinese market and other Asian countries.\u003cbr/\u003eOne of the industry's biggest names, Amitabh Bachchan, kicked off the 10th International Indian Film Academy weekend by planting a lotus flower - the official flower of both India and Macau - at a press conference.\u003cbr/\u003eThe 66-year-old veteran actor said Indian cinema's greatest appeal was its upbeat message, recalling how a Russian movie-goer during the Soviet era once told him he enjoyed Bollywood films because they leave \"a smile on my face and a drying tear on my cheek.\"\u003cbr/\u003eBachchan said the industry had come a long way since his childhood, when parents looked down on Hindi films and were reluctant to let their children go to the cinema.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Indian cinema has become almost a parallel culture of the country. I cannot say whether this is good for India or not, but it is certainly an important element for our country,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eWith overseas revenues contributing to the $2.3 billion Indian film industry, Bollywood executives are looking to broaden the appeal of their product. Foreign box office revenues have jumped from 5 percent of total revenue in 2005 to nearly 10 percent in 2008, according to the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.\u003cbr/\u003eBollywood's biggest foreign markets right now are the United States and Britain, which have large ethnic Indian communities, and event organisers now want to attract viewers from China and other parts of eastern Asia.\u003cbr/\u003eIndian and Chinese filmmakers are scheduled to discuss Friday how they can collaborate.\u003cbr/\u003eMeanwhile, Bollywood's top names will show off their glamour at appearances throughout the weekend at the massive Venetian Macau casino-hotel resort complex, a popular destination for mainland Chinese gamblers. \u003cbr/\u003eAmitabh Bachchan was also honoured with a new Madam Tussauds wax statue. \u003cbr/\u003eA red carpet event to officially unveil the statue is planned for the evening, which will be attended by his son, Abhishek, his daughter-in-law and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai - also mega Bollywood stars  - as well as composer A.R. 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