Big B releases 'Udaan', biography of NCP leader Praful Patel

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 14 (ANI): Superstar Amitabh Bachchan on Sunday released a pictorial biography of Nationalist Communist Party (NCP) leader and former union minister of aviation Praful Patel. At the event, the 74-year-old thanked Patel for inviting him to release 'Udaan' and said, "Thank you for giving me a pride of place amongst the illustrious dignitaries, the Honorable Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, and Mukesh (Ambani) bhai." Adding, "As you glance through the pages of this wonderful book 'Udaan' you cannot but admire the great struggle and the effort that was made by his father Manoharbhai Patel, who did menial jobs to consolidate his family." "I definitely feel that Praful Bhai, you have not only honoured the legacy that your father left behind but added with great effort and large measures the inheritance that he has left for you." "I pray that you touch even greater heights," the 'PINK' star concluded. (ANI)