Hong Kong festival to honour Bollywood legend

The Hong Kong International Film Festival plans to honour Indian screen legend Amitabh Bachchan with a lifetime achievement award at the event's Asian Film Awards.Organizers said in a statement the 67-year-old actor will accept the award in person at the annual prize ceremony March 22.Bachchan has appeared in more than 100 movies in a career spanning four decades. His recent credits include The Last Lear, Sarkar Raj and Paa.The veteran of Bollywood, the name given to India's prolific movie industry, has captured India's National Film Award for acting three times.Making his debut onscreen in 1969's Saat Hindustani, Bachchan would go on to star in what many consider classics of Indian cinema, as well as several of the highest grossing Indian films of each decade: Anand, Prakash Mehra, Roti Kapda Aur Makaan, Amar Akbar Anthony and Deewar.Festival director Shaw Soo Wei said Bachchan left a mark on world cinema "with tremendous talent, a rigorous work ethic and an uncanny ability to reinvent himself."Organizers will also present Chinese director Zhang Yimou with an award for outstanding contributions to Asian cinema.