15th Mar 2007 09.00 IST
By Agencies
Antakshari – a contest which encourages singing talent recently held a special episode which encouraged visually challenged participants to hone their singing talent.
Bollywood mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan was a special guest at the event and was seen mingling and encouraging several visually impaired participants.
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Bachchan also recited a poem by Khalid Hashmi for visually impaired children and the theme of the poem was that being blind was not a drawback.
Two visually impaired girls also presented a letter to Bachchan which had a special message for him and his ailing mother, Teji Bachchan.
Bachchan was seen cheering several of the visually impaired participants. Antakshari will be hosting a six part mini series titled 'Music For a Cause' for a few deprived sections of society like the visually impaired, old and street children
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