The furious Bachchan family had threatened the prestigious Filmfare Awards on Saturday evening unless the Mumbai Mirror published a formal apology for spreading 'false' news about Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's health.
The Mumbai Mirror and Filmfare both belong to the Times Group. Aishwarya, who was supposed to perform at the event, also pulled out. The Bachchans had also sent a legal notice to the editor of Mumbai Mirror, seeking a retraction and apology.
"We have informed Filmfare that neither will Aishwarya be performing at the event, for which all preparations had been made and neither shall any of us be attending," Amitabh Bachchan posted on his blog, bigb.bigadda.com.
The family was angry that the paper has not published a formal apology for the article stating that Aishwarya is suffering from stomach tuberculosis and cannot conceive, a news branded as 'completely false' by father-in-law Amitabh.
"Suffice to say for the moment that despite a few personal apologies from management and owners, no public apology has taken place. You cannot abuse me in public and then come and say sorry to me in private. So, even though we have great relations with the family in ownership and despite the fact that we have continuously responded to their needs whenever desired, unstintingly - the lawyers notice has been delivered to the editor of Mumbai Mirror, seeking on a legal plane retraction and apology," he added.The Bachchans were not alone in their stand. Director R Balakrishnan, who helmed the Amitabh and Abhishek-starrer Paa, has also decided to stay away from the event to show his support to Big B. "Balki, the director of the film, even when Paa has been nominated in five categories for the evening, (is not attending). No coercion, just a voluntary decision of solidarity. Thank you Balki," said Amitabh.
The Filmfare awards was held in Mumbai on Saturday evening.
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